New ‘Secure Flight’ Inspections Set to Begin

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 08.14.09 | 11:47 AM ET

Beginning tomorrow, airlines may ask passengers for their birth date and gender. The questions are based on recommendations from the 9/11 Commission.

Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.

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