Back in the late 1990s, the FAA began making its aircraft situation display to industry (ASDI) data available to the public. This is the near-real-time data stream of aircraft position and identification data used by applications like Flight Explorer and Web sites such as FlightAware.com to facilitate flight tracking. The ASDI data 288
Privacy For Me, Not Thee
Back in the late 1990s, the FAA began making its aircraft situation display to industry (ASDI) data available to the public. This is the near-real-time data stream of aircraft position and identification data used by applications like Flight Explorer and Web sites such as FlightAware.com to facilitate flight tracking. The ASDI data includes all IFR flights along with certain VFR operations.
Key Takeaways:
- The FAA currently allows aircraft operators to block their flight tracking data (ASDI) from public view, a program administered by the NBAA due to privacy and security concerns.
- The FAA has proposed a new rule to eliminate this automatic blocking, requiring operators to prove a "valid security concern" for their flight data to be withheld.
- Many operators oppose this change, arguing it compromises personal and corporate privacy, lacks a clear public policy justification, and creates an unequal standard compared to automatically blocked government and military flights.
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