Man boarded Delta flight using photo of another passenger’s boarding pass

They say security footage showed him taking photos of several passengers' boarding passes (while they were oblivious).

I didn't think more than 1 person could use the same ticket. I guess I assumed when a ticket is scanned, the computer is updated to show that the person has boarded. Guess wrong assumption, but then, how would the airline know when a passenger had not boarded and luggage would need to be removed etc? And how would they get past security? I remember needing to show my boarding pass prior to security.

Good point, Gail. Once my husband accidentally scanned my boarding pass and a second later it wouldn't let me scan it. How on earth did this man and the correct passenger get on board?

Yes, I have also mistakenly used my husbands boarding QR code on my phone and then discovered it when he tried to use it right behind me. (I'm now much more careful about that). So how did this dude get on the plane?

Next headline "Delta gate agent unemployed after allowing passenger on" Seriously, that's what happened the system "beeped" to warn the agent and they hit override and waved the guy on.

We don’t show our boarding pass anymore at our Redmond airport TSA security, just our ID which supposedly is linked to all the passenger info. Interesting to know how this guy got as far as he did. Not much makes sense in the article.

Here is how he got through airport security ( on his SWA ticket)

Fleurizard told police he had been in Park City, Utah, for a snowboarding trip and “needed to get home to see his family,” the document reads. He said he was booked on a Southwest Airlines flight earlier Sunday, but the flight was overbooked and he was rescheduled on a later flight, according to the complaint.

I am amazed at how 'several' folks had some form of boarding pass visible and unaware someone was taking pictures of it.

I've seen people holding their boarding passes, but that would not allow a clean picture. Maybe when everyone is lined up to board and crowded together waiting for their section to be called?

So there’s more to this then seems to be being reported on here. He actually had a Southwest buddy pass, which is how he got through security. (The buddy pass is given to you by an airline employee and allows you to fly standby on the flight, ). . That was not a problem. As I said earlier , Delta is probably at this point firing somebody

I expect the southwest employee is also having problems with his boss because you are responsible as an employee for the conduct of the people you give your buddy passes to.