Palatkik Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 I thought this was a no no, but was reading another column this weekend that suggested TG was giving this out to some people who asked. A friend of mine recently flew in on another foreign airline and his GF (not direct travel industry related) was able to ascertain that he was not on the flight arrival he said he would be on. Of course he wasn?t, he had preplanned a few days bar hopping before and came in early but that?s beside the point. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racha Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 I read that other post as well, I can confirm that Thai Air unlike other airlines has no problem to give out this info, At Phuket airport there are passenger lists printed out publicly displayed on the wall for all to see naming everyone on the Thai flights arriving, Comes in handy when picking people up and not sure if they made the flight or not but can not be to good for security overall and personnel reasons as some folks wanting to remain anonymous for various reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Not sure about other countries but in the U.S., this is supposed to be a no-no. Information about a passenger can only be given to this passenger or the booking party. This is actually a federal act that happened in 1974 so has been around for decades but is not followed closely. All depends on the agent you ask what kind of information you will get. Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Same as OZ no way info is given out. Agents can see on CRS System that a passanger has checked in. Third party . if a compay has a staff member flying and running late etc the agent can inform the company that mR X has boarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Being a Private Dick, I can tell you that there is NO information that cannot be obtained by either asking the right questions or by paying the right person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Says PvtDick: Being a Private Dick, I can tell you that there is NO information that cannot be obtained by either asking the right questions or by paying the right person. Well legally they should not give out info. but as you say under the table anything can happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuytrede Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 I tried to pick up a friend in FRA today who was on a Cathay flight from HK. In HK she had to transfer from another flight. When she did not turn up I asked Cathay whether she had boarded the flight to FRA and they gave me this crap about privacy laws... Extremely unhelpful. Like HK has become more law-and-order than Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1 Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 HKG hasn't become more law and order than Germany but Cathay Pacific strictly observed the German 'Datenschutzgesetz' (Pesonal Data Protection Law). To give any information about a passenger to a third party is a very strong violation of the a.m. law and usually results in heavy fines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinod Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 After the 9/11, all airlines have to give the passenger manifesto to the FAA / airport where the plane is schedule to arrive (trim sheet). The same is for the shipping companies in US. In the grab of security, there is no more privacy in the US / World cheers vinod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 What?????? Better recheck your sources. The only way we give out passenger info is if somebody has a subpoena in their hands. I am not saying that it doesn't happen sometimes but the airline I work for has this policy. Don't know anything about giving passenger name lists to the FAA. I guess I would be the one doing that if it were done cuz I send 9 flights a day out of my city. Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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