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DHS Secure Flight reaches milestone
As a reminder, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secure Flight program will be reaching a milestone as of August 15. According to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Secure Flight requires that domestic aircraft operators request and collect passengers’ date of birth and gender as of August 15, 2009 for their domestic flights (in addition to the previously required element of full name as shown on the government-issued identification the traveler plans to use at the airport.)
While August 15 marks a TSA milestone, CWT began implementing process changes to collect the requested Secure Flight data in June, well ahead of the TSA deadlines, to provide travelers ample time to prepare for the Secure Flight requirements.
According to the TSA, “the second stage of implementation, which is expected to begin in late 2009, will assume the watch list matching function for passengers on international flights from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and international air carriers.” An overview of the Secure Flight program can be found on the TSA Web site.
Sources: Carlson Wagonlit Travel, tsa.gov
Denver airport gets fewest security check complaints
At the request of the Denver Post, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released passenger-complaint statistics related to security screeners at the 10 busiest airports in the United States. Denver International, with five complaints during a 45-month timeframe during 2003 to 2006 rated the fewest; McCarren International in Las Vegas with 80 had the most.
The TSA screens approximately two million travelers nationwide a day and says about 10 percent of its received complaints are about the way screeners treat passengers.
Source: msnbc.msn.com
