TSA will require all travelers to give their full legal name, gender and date of birth in 2009.
 Starting in early 2009, the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) plans to finally roll "Secure Flight", which after a five year delay and big brother controversy, and become a formal TSA security rule.
The mission is to gather enough accurate flight data on passengers and speed
up the pre-flight process of comparing passenger interaction against the
government list of terrorist and no-fly watch list. Passengers who refuse to
provide their full legal name, gender and birth date will be barred from
boarding airplanes.
Today for example, when I travel, I only have to give the airline my first
initial and last name (T. Parsons) This has caused the TSA to have many false
matches. This new rule should dramatically reduce the number of people and
children that have been stopped and mistaken for terrorists.
Also, business travelers or passengers purchasing tickets on the same day as
travel, the TSA will do background checks in seconds and give security clearance
to the airlines almost immediately.
"Secure Flights" will go into effect 60 days after it is published
in the Federal Register, under the rules, effective sometime in July of 2009.
Airlines must collect all the new information required for all flights
originating or ending in the U.S.A. This requirement also applies to any
international airline that uses United States airspace, such as non-stop flights
between Canada and the Caribbean, South America, Central America or Mexico.
This new requirement also effects non travelers who are escorting
unaccompanied minors or folks who help escort disabled passengers who pass the
TSA security area. We expect some major airlines to implement this new rule as
early as January 2009.
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