6-Year-Old Ohio Girl Placed on 'No-Fly' List

An Ohio family recently learned their 6-year-old daughter was on the Department of Homeland Security’s 'no-fly' list, Fox8.com reported.

Alyssa Thomas, 6, was traveling with her parents when a ticket agent notified the family she was on the list of restricted fliers.

"We were, like, puzzled," said her father, Dr. Santhosh Thomas. "I'm like, well, she's kinda six-years-old and this is not something that should be typical."

When the family tried to clear up the issue with Homeland Security, they received a letter notifying them that it could not be changed.

"She's been flying since she was two-months old, so that has not been an issue," said Dr. Thomas. "In fact, we had traveled to Mexico in February and there were no issues at that time."

Transportation Security Administration told Fox8.com that Alyssa never had any problems before because the "Secure Flight Program" just went into effect in June for all domestic flights.

“The watch lists are an important layer of security to prevent individuals with known or suspected ties to terrorism from flying,” a TSA spokesman told Fox8.com.

The Thomas family plans to make another appeal to Homeland Security.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/26...est=latestnews

Wtf???

Originally Posted by sweepmama Wtf???

I 2nd that!

I am considered on the "no-fly" list as well.
I would imagine that this girl needs clearance to fly, not that she can not.
Which means that you need to check in at the counter, id is checked and a phone call is made. It's a minor hassle. My son may be on the list as well, he was quizzed at the counter a few times. I even had a state id card issued for him to make the process easier.
He is nine and has the id card for 5 years. And no, I do not feel it necessary to report this to the local news or paper.
There are thousands of names on the list.

When I looked into it with the TSA, they told me to get my name off the list I needed to provide several copies of government issued documents, have them notarized and even after that, they couldn't assure me that my name would be taken off the list.

We are flying again next month, perhaps we will find out how this new "secure Flight Program" will work for us.