A while back I posted here http://www.myephemerae.com/getting-on-an-airplane-the-tsa-experience and recently I received a comment from Cait Morgan that it required IDs at every stage of the process to board an airplane. That wasn’t my recent experience so I wrote others and asked for their comments. Some of those comments are coming in. I’d love to have yours too. (Please make them “there” instead of “here”.) Don’t get me wrong. I’m sure that was Cait’s experience. That said I would note that small airports see to relish their tight security more than big ones (like Dallas Fort Worth, Atlanta and Denver). Several years ago when I flew a lot more, security guards at small airports all seemed to believe it was their personal assignment and part of their sacred honor to individually save America while those at big airports seemed to believe they should follow the rules, confiscate fingernail clippers and cash their pay check while reminding us that they had the badges. Just my very biased opinion.