Perfect Search announced today that it has the solution to the new changes now required of airline carriers in relationship to the No-Fly List. Today, the Obama administration ordered airlines to check their passenger manifest within two hours of receiving notice of a special circumstance about an individual. Previously, airlines were required to re-check the list every 24 hours for matches.
“This requires that each airline must receive the new list from Homeland Security, index that new list, and then look for matches against every passenger manifest of each flight that is departing within the next two hours. If they miss a name, they could face fines from the US Government. The complexity and burden placed on airlines could immense,” said Tim Stay, CEO of Perfect Search Corporation.
In the latest terrorism incident, Faisal Shahzad, who is alleged to have tried to blow up an SUV in TImes Square on Saturday evening, was added to the no-fly list early Monday morning, only hours before he boarded a plane to Dubai.
The no-fly list has been in effect since the September 11 attacks, but has required a manual check of the no fly list. It appears that in the case of Shahzad that Emirates Airlines missed his name, allowing the suspect to purchase a ticket and obtain a boarding pass.
“Perfect Search offers a high precision solution for airlines needing to run their passenger manifest against the No Fly List. We offer high speed indexing so when new names are added to the list, they can be searched with little delay,” stated Ken Ebert, CTO of Perfect Search.
The Perfect Search solution allows an extra degree of security to make sure that possible matches are flagged and highlighted, allowing airline personnel to manually focus on suspected hits to the No Fly List.
“Not only can we provide the high-speed indexing of new names, but we can search using Soundex and Double Metaphone functionality that allows similar sounding names with different spelling variations to be flagged for further evaluation,” added Ebert.
Perfect Search offers their solution as an appliance that is easy to install and operate.
“The airlines could be operational within days, giving them an extra tool to meet the new U.S. requirements,” stated Tim Stay, “When indexing and query speed is important, it is important to use Perfect Search.”
