Originally Posted by
Spounce
Umm......well, for starters I don't understand the part where you claimed "When AC tells the USA a USA citizen without permission is trying to fly to Cuba.....".
Here are the parts that you don't seem to understand. AC doesn't know whether a U.S. citizen does or doesn't have U.S. government permission to travel to Cuba, does not ask its passengers whether they have U.S. government permission to travel to Cuba, and would have no way of verifying whether a traveller had U.S. government permission since there's no documentation, paperwork or record keeping of legal travel to Cuba by Americans in most cases. AC is not asked and does not report to the U.S. government whether its passengers have U.S. government permission to travel to Cuba. Finally, as has also been pointed out on this thread, there is actually no specific prohibition on travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens. What the U.S. government prohibits most of its citizens and green card holders from doing is spending money in Cuba.
I suggest you read the USA state dept website and links, you don't seem to grasp the restrictions on USA citizen travel to restricted countries.
As far as AC, you don't seem understand the level of information that is given on any flight transiting USA airspace. another link for you
http://www.tsa.gov/es/node/718
Air Canada:
Special Secure Flight requirements
As required under the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)'s Secure Flight Program, Secure Flight information must be provided at least 72 hours prior to travel, or at time of booking for bookings made within 72 hours of departure if you are travelling:
to, from or via the U.S.
on a flight that is flying over the continental United States (excluding flights between two points in Canada) *
Required information is as follows:
Full name as it appears on the passport (mandatory)
Date of birth (mandatory)
Gender (mandatory)
Redress Number (optional)
APIS information will be required at time of check-in if not provided ahead of time.
Air Transat also added this
Secure Flight is a program developed by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The purpose of this program is to enhance the security of domestic and international air travel through the collection of specific passenger information for comparison to the US security watch lists.
The Secure Flight program is applicable to all air travel to and from the United States and took effect on Nov. 1, 2009. Effective March 8, 2012, the program expanded to include Secure Flight Overflight, applicable to all air travel flying over U.S. airspace, for all carriers.
Passengers are required to provide the following information at the time of booking (*minimum 72 hours prior to departure) in order to comply with the Secure Flight Program. Failure to provide this information can result in additional screening time, check-in time and/or denied boarding.
Full name (As it appears on passenger’s government issued ID)
Date of birth
Gender
Redress Number (if applicable)**
everyone who flies over the USA is on a list along with where they are going.