From NBAA.org – Washington, DC, March 31, 2011 – In comments submitted to the federal government today, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) outlined a number of serious concerns raised by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) plan to severely limit the ability of companies using general aviation airplanes to opt-out of having their movements published by flight-tracking services.
NBAA’s comments were submitted in response to a notice recently published in the Federal Register regarding the FAA’s intention to curtail significantly the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program – a proposal that has been met with strong objections from NBAA, its members, and other major industry groups in and outside the aviation sector…
Read the full Press Release from NBAA, or view NBAA’s response to the FAA’s request for comments about the BARR.
Watch the AOPA Live interview with NBAA President and CEO, Ed Bolen regarding NBAA’s opposition of the proposed changes to the BARR program:
