FAA6.D Participant Maintenance : 07 Alias Maintenance (ALMA) - Overview
Alias Maintenance (ALMA) - Overview
A participant may be known by an alias. When this occurs, ALMA allows the participant's alias information to be added. Alias information can be any one or a combination of the following:
 
Alias names (e.g. nicknames, maiden names, etc.)
Alias SSNs
Alias dates of birth
 
To add or change a participant's alias information, access ALMA from CLIM. On CLIM, take the following actions to access ALMA:
 
Select Function 1 (INQUIRE ON PERSON)
Select the participant for maintenance
Key 7 in the SELECT FUNCTION (BY NUMBER) field
Press ENTER
 
ALMA displays. The fields on ALMA are the following:
 
ACTION
SURNAME
GIVEN NAME
INIT (Initial)
SEX
SSN
DATE OF BIRTH
 
ALMA allows the following actions:
 
ADD an alias by keying an A in the ACTION field. Then key the alias information.
The minimum information that can be added is SURNAME, GIVEN NAME, and SEX. Press ENTER.
CHANGE existing alias information by keying C in the ACTION field and make any needed changes. Press ENTER.
 
WARNING
Although there is a D Action Code to delete an alias, this code may only be used by FAA Systems Helpdesk Personnel or at the direction of the FAA Systems Helpdesk.