The diagram above ( larger version PDF with legend of acronyms and color-coding) gives only a summary of the U.S. So a better starting point for understanding what’s happening - before we can begin to assess whether it is legal or what should be happening - is to ask, “How can a would-be passenger be prevented from boarding a scheduled airline flight?” No-fly decisions can be, and are, made independently, on the basis of different lists and other criteria, by multiple Federal agencies and by individual airlines.There are also non-list-based ways that real-time no-fly decisions can be made.Federal government no-fly list - there are several, created by different agencies for different purposes. The answers to all of these questions are much more complicated, and different, than many people seem to think - including the chairs of relevant Congressional committees, who ought to know better. How do you get on the no-fly list? How do you know if you are on the list? How do you get off? What substantive and procedural legal standards apply? ![]() Capitol last week, there’s been a confused cacophony of calls to “ put the rioters on the no-fly list.”Īt the same time, there have been equally confusing claims and denials that some people found out that they had already been “put on the no-fly list” when they were denied boarding on flights home from Washington.Īre these people “on the no-fly list”? Could they be? Should they be? Is this legal? ![]() In the aftermath of the storming of the U.S.
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