No, my name's not David. It's...uhhhh.... Osama. Osama Nelson.

[CalMeacham]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030617/ap_on_re_us/nelson_flight_list_1

[Rilchiam]

Melendez told the Daily News that the “David Nelson” problem is due to a name-matching technology used by many airlines. He said it’s not the name but letters in the name that are randomly flagged by the software.

There are only 26 letters in the alphabet, for crissakes.

[Floater]

“I’m more inclined to believe there is a bad David Nelson out there they’re looking for,” he said.

I know him. He’s retired now but he used to work for a company providing communication services for the airline industry.