Originally Posted by
SFOSpiff
It says that you must provide that information when reserving an airline ticket, OR when attempting to enter the sterile area. It does not say you have to do both, and since everyone provides this when buying a ticket, I would say that there is NO requirement to provide that information at the checkpoint, if their basis for the request is 1540.107(b)(2).
I actually read the "request for authorization to enter a sterile are" differently. To me the "request" is when asking the airline or airport for a gate pass when no ticket is present (such as accompanying a UM to the gate or going to a meeting at an airport club room), as opposed to getting passed the TDC. We all no that the TDC has no means to verify if you are or are not on a watch list and that this is left up to the airlines and their computers (which feed into DHS' systems for watch list verification).