Quote Originally Posted by spongebue View Post
But a city is still a government, just not as large as a state or federal one. But I wouldn't really expect a TSA agent in Kalamazoo to know what San Francisco's badge looks like, either. At least airline badges only come in a handful of varieties, generally less than there are state licenses even.

At least the airport badge is quite informative and official looking. And it is official in nature. Lose it and you go down 150 bucks to replace it. To get that badge is more of a challenge than many other id cards I've ever had. The paper work for accessibility in the airport sterile areas is a byache. The badge even has an address so that if found, it can be dropped off in the mailbox and eventually delivered to you. Kind of like a military ID card used to have. Ironically the airline employee badge too has an address in the back. It's quite corporate looking in nature like many other employee badges have. But not official looking as the airport badge. Lose that one and you are in a heap of manure. Security and all gets involved. Other airport badges look the same but with different colors I've noticed.