It's not an "oversight from the crew". Checking ID at the gate is not a thing in the US for domestic flights, and that is a very good thing for boarding time overhead.
The don't actually check boarding passes at security in the US in my recent experience. Though your ID may be tied to your ticket in the computer system in some manner.
Wait, what? At every airport I've flown out of in the US (SFO, SJC, LAX, BWI, IAD, DCA, LAS, BOS, JFK, STL, AUS) just to name a few) in the past few years, the TSA has looked at both my ID and boarding pass before letting me through security screening. And I haven't had to show ID at the gate since right after 9/11.
The one time I lost my ID (LAS in 2007 or 2008), I was allowed through security, but only after extra screening.
Second that -- my gf and I were actually shocked, when on a recent trip to the States (took about 7 flights in total) where the person at the gate only checked the boarding passes and not photo ID! We have added security up here because of the States, it seems like a lapse to not do this themselves. For example, when you board a flight to/from Canada, you have to show the boarding pass and photo ID, the person at the gate scans the ticket to see if everything checks out.
This has not been my experience, at least not flying domestically in the US. In order to get to the gate, I have to get past TSA and the security checkpoint, which involves presenting my boarding pass and ID to an agent.
If I've not checked-in electronically and have to get a printed boarding pass, I've had to present ID and credit card at a kiosk or ticket desk as well.
also note that it's currently (idk how that will change with the clusterfuck that is REAL ID, though) legal and possible to board a domestic flight without any forms of ID.
(Hint: you do not need an ID in the US. It's annoying if you don't have one, but the TSA has procedures for this case. The airline may want an ID if you don't pre-print your boarding pass or want to check a bag. But they are going to be more flexible about things not matching, as they actually have a customer to lose if they fuck you over.)
Those pages both refer to the security checkpoint, not the gate agent prior to boarding. I've never had my ID checked while boarding domestically in the US.
There's no mention of ID, just boarding pass. I'm pretty sure similar checks in NZ would catch wrong plane boarding (there's usually someone checking boarding passes on the plane too), with no ID check anywhere.
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