Comments on: Federal Air Marshals on the No-Fly List http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/05/04/federal-air-marshals-on-the-no-fly-list/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:54 -0700 hourly 1 By: Oliver http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/05/04/federal-air-marshals-on-the-no-fly-list/#comment-21819 Oliver Tue, 06 May 2008 04:36:09 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/05/04/federal-air-marshals-on-the-no-fly-list/#comment-21819 Time to get Chertoff on the list. Time to get Chertoff on the list.

]]> By: robert http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/05/04/federal-air-marshals-on-the-no-fly-list/#comment-21809 robert Mon, 05 May 2008 23:36:38 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/05/04/federal-air-marshals-on-the-no-fly-list/#comment-21809 also, relying on a name spelled with english letters and using english phonemes is unreliable period. Not to mention insulting to non-english speakers. also, relying on a name spelled with english letters and using english phonemes is unreliable period. Not to mention insulting to non-english speakers.

]]> By: The Global Traveller http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/05/04/federal-air-marshals-on-the-no-fly-list/#comment-21806 The Global Traveller Mon, 05 May 2008 19:39:51 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/05/04/federal-air-marshals-on-the-no-fly-list/#comment-21806 robert - No one at DHS. Plenty of travellers know there are problems with the list. When you think about it, a 2% false positive rate per day, at just a single airline, is a horrendous error rate. Even worse when you consider that there cannot possibly be 500,000 people actively planning to bring down aircraft - ie the list is bloated to begin with and serves only to inconvenience the innocent. The suggested fix, of adding date of birth to the information collected from travellers, is a nonsense. If it is that easy to get off the list (albeit only for each flight individually) then why cannot the travellers be removed permanently from suspicion? Further, wouldn't any bad guys just fake their DOB? In my opinion, the whole no fly list should be scrapped. robert – No one at DHS. Plenty of travellers know there are problems with the list.

When you think about it, a 2% false positive rate per day, at just a single airline, is a horrendous error rate. Even worse when you consider that there cannot possibly be 500,000 people actively planning to bring down aircraft – ie the list is bloated to begin with and serves only to inconvenience the innocent.

The suggested fix, of adding date of birth to the information collected from travellers, is a nonsense. If it is that easy to get off the list (albeit only for each flight individually) then why cannot the travellers be removed permanently from suspicion? Further, wouldn’t any bad guys just fake their DOB?

In my opinion, the whole no fly list should be scrapped.

]]> By: robert http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/05/04/federal-air-marshals-on-the-no-fly-list/#comment-21800 robert Mon, 05 May 2008 18:43:28 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/05/04/federal-air-marshals-on-the-no-fly-list/#comment-21800 And no one seems to think that this might indicate a problem with the list? And no one seems to think that this might indicate a problem with the list?

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