US demands air passengers ask its permission to fly

[David Farber <dfarber () cs cmu edu>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: October 28, 2007 11:39:57 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] US demands air passengers ask its permission  
to fly

[Note:  This item comes from reader Jock Gill.  This is an older item  
and I have to admit that I missed this one.  Simply amazing!  DLH]

Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/12/ 
flying_into_data_hell/

US demands air passengers ask its permission to fly
By Wendy M. Grossman
Published Friday 12th October 2007 13:18 GMT
Under new rules proposed by the Transport Security Administration  
(TSA)(http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer? 
objectId=09000064802ad5b0&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf)  
(pdf), all airline passengers would need advance permission before  
flying into, through, or over the United States regardless of  
citizenship or the airline's national origin.

Currently, the Advanced Passenger Information System, operated by the  
Customs and Border Patrol, requires airlines to forward a list of  
passenger information no later than 15 minutes before flights from  
the US take off (international flights bound for the US have until 15  
minutes after take-off). Planes are diverted if a passenger on board  
is on the no-fly list.

The new rules mean this information must be submitted 72 hours before  
departure. Only those given clearance will get a boarding pass. The  
TSA estimates that 90 to 93 per cent of all travel reservations are  
final by then.

The proposed rules require the following information for each  
passenger: full name, sex, date of birth, and redress number  
(assigned to passengers who use the Travel Redress Inquiry Program  
because they have been mistakenly placed on the no-fly list), and  
known traveller number (once there is a programme in place for  
registering known travellers whose backgrounds have been checked).  
Non-travellers entering secure areas, such as parents escorting  
children, will also need clearance.

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