The No Fly List is a private component of the broader terrorist watchlist maintained by the FBI's Threat Screening Center. Individuals on the list are prohibited from flying commercially to or from the United States and from flying commercially over U.S. airspace. Approximately half a percent of No Fly records are U.S. persons. Any individual, regardless of citizenship, can be placed on the list. Placement criteria include threats or conduct deemed related to international or domestic terrorism involving aircraft, airlines, passengers, or civil aviation security. Wealthy individuals have sometimes bypassed restrictions by using private jets not subject to TSA screening.
If you've ever watched the movie "Due Date," you're probably familiar with the concept of a no-fly list. In the 2010 film, Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifiniakis' characters end up having to drive across the country after getting kicked off a flight for inadvertently using trigger words like "bomb" and "terrorist." While the movie is a comedy, and it's not based on a true story, no-fly lists are no joke.
The No Fly List is actually part of a larger list, the terrorist watchlist. "While we cannot provide a demographic breakdown, we can confirm that U.S. persons make up approximately half a percent of No Fly records," an FBI spokesperson tells Travel + Leisure. Anyone on the No Fly List is banned from flying on commercial aircraft to or from the U.S. Additionally, they're not allowed to fly, commercially, over the U.S.
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