Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
I dunno. Beyond the credit card and passport/citizenship info already cited I could see that access to all information could lead to undesirable situations. E.g., (completely hypothetical)
"Oh, Mr. Notquiteaff, welcome aboard. I am sorry that your trip back from Hawaii last week was so much delayed; today we should be right on time".
(when sitting next to my wife, who thought my last trip was a business trip to Bismarck, ND when really I hung out in Waikiki with my "personal assistant").
I am reminded of the "Welcome Back, Mr. Notquiteaff" greeting at a resort hotel I had never actually stayed at when checking in with my wife next to me.
Originally Posted by
danielonn
This may be good in theory until one day someone creates the app on the Google Play Store for public download and use via the internal Wi-Fi system. One has to be careful about hacking the tablet apication. What if a person with bad intentions got ahold of this app and manipulated it? Its really not hard to do sort of like an Expert Flyer App with more details.
Unless rhe manifest download happens at the airport or is the tablet always connected to the in Flight WiFI? Can I opt out of my personal info being shared? Is this a discriminattlry way of treatimg very frequent fliers vs regular fliers in Y?
Sorry to be dissecting this app but I do see security breaches and also mistreatment of passengers who are not frequent fliers. Now for delays special meals etc that is fine but I wonder what can the Pursuer do if they see a passenger in 14C was a problem passenger 3 flights ago? Offer them a comped Bourbon? Not serve them their preffered .meal? Reseat them in a middle seat next to crimg inrants at the back?
Just my 2 cents
I think their are bigger and more malicious things a good coder could think of, or maybe it would be a disgruntled UA flyer with some skills, but again I can think of a lot more havoc someone with skills would do.
Personally welcome accessibility to more information can make the whole flying experience better. The only thing that would be nice would be "disclosure" and possibly making it an "opt in" option, I really don't like the ability to not be able to choose.
Just my 2 cents