REAL ID mishaps minimal, airports report; expert warns there’s potential chaos to come

As airports across the country are reporting relatively few issues on the first day of REAL ID enforcement, at least one aviation expert and former pilot tells Fox News Digital he doesn’t expect that kind of peace to last.

"From an airport operations perspective, neither [George W. Bush Intercontinental] or [Houston-Hobby] have responded to any issues," a representative for Houston’s airports authority said Wednesday.

The official added that Texas law enforcement began issuing REAL IDs nine years ago and that the Lone Star State is well covered with 90% of its population listed as having a REAL ID.

On the other side of the country, an official with the Port Authority, which operates JFK, La...