Private aircraft owners can now ask their names and addresses to keep private thanks to the rule brought Last week by the US Federal Aviation Administration, which was signed in law last year. According to FAA, ownership information will not be publicly available on its web pages.
The new rule seems to be partly in response to social media accounts that Information on air trips for celebrities as it is Elon Musk and Taylor Swiftwhat's up faced with criticism In the past because of privacy concerns. Those accounts also allowed people to publish information in the past about who The largest perpetrators of carbon in the use of private aircraft were.
An electronic request form is available For the owners to make their private jet more private.
However, this may not prevent those working on tracking pages, as reported Earlier by Verz, who say they rely on other sources of information about their reports – not just about FAA records.
Private Privacy of Private Plane: Doesn't change much?
David Gitman, CEO of Air group monarchA private charter company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, told CNET that the new FAA privacy control would not prevent flying followers from announcing the arrival and announcements of important people.
“There is no change in material,” Gitman said. “FAA's verdict allows the aircraft owner to block ownership information, not real aircraft monitoring. Most aircraft are not owned by the individual, but by a corporation or confidence.”
Gitman said that because high -profile people are often photographed arriving and going on aircraft and those photos end up on social media, it's not difficult to follow.
“Once the plane is connected to a person, it becomes easier to follow, because nothing has changed on that side,” he said.
Gitman said private charters like his can make it difficult for seekers because different aircraft are used at different times for different clients. However, follow -up as a whole does not disappear.
“In my opinion, the tracking of the aircraft is a fact, a modern reality, just like the celebrities of the paparazzi celebrating celebrities outside the restaurants,” Gitman said. “Every movement of the aircraft, from Taylor Swift to strategic bombers, is available online.”
Daniel Finley, Extraordinary Director of Institute of Research and Education for Transport The North Carolina State University said the FAA's move would probably not affect people in his area or other research areas where the flight is being monitored because passengers are not in focus.
“For the vast majority of people who follow the flights, which owns the plane or who is not so important,” Finley said.