None of their @#*& business! Yet another reason I shall never fly anywhere

[playahata1]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1896&e=1&u=/nm/airlines_security_dc

U.S. to Force Airlines to Provide Traveler Data
Wed Mar 17, 6:12 PM ET Add U.S. National - Reuters to My Yahoo!


By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will require reluctant airlines to give up passenger data to test a controversial passenger-screening system, a senior government official said on Wednesday.




At the same time, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration plans to seek public input to allay concerns that the system will violate passenger privacy, TSA Acting Administrator David Stone told a congressional subcommittee.


As a result, the new Computer Assisted Passenger Profiling System will be delayed by several more months, Stone said. Officials had hoped to begin background checks on passengers by the beginning of 2004.


CAPPS II would check government intelligence and consumer data amassed by companies like Acxiom Corp. to verify passengers' identities and determine if they have criminal records or links to groups such as al Qaeda.


But researchers need passenger records to test the system, and airlines that have cooperated in the past have faced boycotts and class-action lawsuits.

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[Birthmark]

1. Thanks.

I thought that I was the only one who wouldn't fly anymore! There is no way that I will fly under the current circumstances.

[pinniped]

3. Count me in as well.

If I travel overseas it will be by sea.

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. If you travel by sea you have to fill out a Homeland Security form

Cough up your SSN and/or Driver's license and passport numbers. The only way to go out of the country without notice is on foot at a border crossing.

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[pinniped]

6. Still sounds better than the airports.

n/t

[Nobody]

2. They're also running credit checks

And frequent credit checks will reduce your credit rating. Frequent fliers beware.

[Eurobabe]

5. what's the purpose of THAT?

why credit checks?

[Nihil]

7. They want to find out ...

... whether you've just blown your Visa limit with the last shipment
of explosive you bought.

(Alternatively, they want to find out if you've enough left on your Visa
limit to make it worthwhile selling you some explosive - they've got
shitloads on the shelf at bargain prices these days!)

[DarkSim]

8. The only airline i fly is Air China.

Surprisingly it's a much better airline than anything in the U.S.