Beginning August 15, all domestic airline carriers will collect additional traveler information, during the booking process, and provide it to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) prior to travel.
We have talked about the new
TSA Secure Flight program for several months now. The program was to begin in May and will require you to provide us with your full name as it appears on your government ID you use to board airplanes. In addition, you will also need to provide us with your date of birth and gender.
We now understand that this program will begin August 15, 2009.
TSA Administrator
Kip Hawley this week said the Secure Flight airline security program would be "operational sometime next year." According to
Federal Computer Week, Hawley also said the program's final rule would be published "by January 2009," before the end of the Bush Administration.
