>From the article: "Secure Flight would allow the TSA to take over from the airlines the responsibility of checking passengers names against the watch lists." Just what we need - an inefficient government organization handling this. David R http://home.comcast.net/~damiross/books.html www.sequoians.com www.chanticleers.org =>-----Original Message----- =>From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of =>lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx =>Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 16:51 =>To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx =>Subject: Airlines to ask for more passenger info => => =>Airlines to ask for more passenger info =>You don't have to give it, but it could help youThe Associated Press =>Updated: 1:12 p.m. ET May 4, 2005WASHINGTON - Airline passengers =>soon will be asked to provide their full names and birth dates =>when they buy tickets. => =>advertisement => =>In coming weeks, the Transportation Security Administration plans =>to require airlines to solicit the information. Passengers do not =>have to provide it, though if they don?t there?s a better chance =>they?ll have to undergo more stringent screening at the airport, =>Justin Oberman, the TSA official in charge of the program, said Wednesday. => =>Oberman said having passengers? full names and birth dates will =>make it less likely that they?ll be confused with people who are =>known or suspected terrorists. => =>?Far fewer people will be inconvenienced than they are today,? =>Oberman said. => =>Such confusion has brought the TSA much criticism. Sen. Edward M. =>Kennedy, D-Mass., is among those whose name matched someone on a =>watch list. => =>The request for extra information is part of the TSA?s effort to =>build a new computerized passenger screening program, called =>Secure Flight. => =>Secure Flight would allow the TSA to take over from the airlines =>the responsibility of checking passengers? names against the =>watch lists. The TSA plans to begin Secure Flight with two =>airlines in August. => =>The program is supposed to work by transferring airline =>passengers? name records ? which can include address, phone =>number and credit card information ? to a government database. =>The government computer would flag names on the watch list and =>identify passengers who would be asked to go through additional screening. => =>? 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material =>may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. => =>Roger =>EWROPS =>-- =>No virus found in this incoming message. =>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. =>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.5 - Release Date: 5/4/2005 => -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.5 - Release Date: 5/4/2005