Nope, sorry. Wrong.
"There had been a problem with people buying tickets under one name and showing up under another. They were doing this to avoid prosecution for crimes committed or to perhaps commit a crime on the plane itself. In order to solve the problem, the government developed a minimally invasive process. The ticket-holder provides Photo ID matching the ticket."
So, then if the problem and solution are so simple, WHY ISN'T THE REGULATION POSTED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER?? There is no place in the U.S. for SECRET REGULATIONS--that is the kind of thing that goes on under tyrannical governments--you know, like Nazi Germany, Communist East Germany, Soviet Russia, King George's England. This is one of the reasons we had that little shindig in 1776 and years following.
ANY rule of this sort should be PUBLISHED, IN FULL, in the Federal Register AND ONLINE. "Secret" laws, trials in "Secret" courts, etc. are anathema to American citizens.