Originally Posted by Boraxo
So now thousands of Phillips will be inconvenienced because some bozo in DC had the brains to add a name from the top 100 to the no fly list. And apparently there is no way for the system to figure out which one is the bad guy except through a manual search when the checkin desk telephones the TSA official with his ID info. Score 1 for bureaucrats, 0 for common sense.
I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of Phillips who fly. Phillp and Terrance to mention only one!
It often helps to add an initial to your reservation, as this will sometimes cull you out of the undesirables.