In a message dated 12/2/2003 7:51:22 PM Pacific Standard Time, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: << Not exactly correct. Just got back from SNA (Orange County) last week. Gate checks were being done. They are done on a random basis. In this case, I happened to hear they were going to take the first person so I made sure I wasn't first. There is also random id check. All in all, pretty stupid if you ask me but then, again, we are talking about a government agency. >> I know at WN it is the station manager's call. At LAX you have to show id, but at LAS and BUR you do not. SNA is an interesting place, in that they keep a bit tighter there. BUR's parking is kept pretty tight, because it is so close to the terminal, which is illegally close to a runway.