Secure Flight
I recently (about a month ago) was invited ?Commanded? to attend a Secure Flight meeting in Washington. The Final Rule that is being referred to below was discussed, as well as lots of other SSI stuff that obviously one cannot discuss in an open forum.
However, please note that although the "Final Rule" states Dec 29th, the actual implementation with air carriers is printed in another, non-public document. Let's just say it's not near Dec 30th. Or even close.
Also, when reading the final rule, airlines are only required to transmit what is provided, and at minimum, ask for FULL name as appears on ID, Gender, and DOB. Anything else is fully optional other than travel data.
I still don't like it.