{"id":31211,"date":"2025-03-30T23:40:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T23:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=31211"},"modified":"2025-03-30T23:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T23:40:37","slug":"faa-implements-aopa-supported-program-to-protect-pilots-personal-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/news\/news-release\/faa-implements-aopa-supported-program-to-protect-pilots-personal-information\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Implements AOPA-Supported Program to Protect Pilots\u2019 Personal Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has implemented a program strongly advocated for by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) that allows aircraft owners to request that certain personal information be kept private, including their name and address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AOPA advocated for pilot privacy in last year\u2019s FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. Starting today, as a result of this congressional action and the FAA\u2019s implementation, pilots can now submit a request through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/about\/initiatives\/cares\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/about\/initiatives\/cares\">Civil Aviation Registry Electronic Services<\/a> (CARES) to have their information withheld from public display on all FAA websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis program is long overdue and a significant win for pilot privacy,\u201d said AOPA President and CEO Darren Pleasance. \u201cThis is a direct result of our advocacy efforts and our continued push for privacy. We are very appreciative of Congress and the FAA for taking this big step. It will most certainly have a positive impact and AOPA will continue to work with Congress and the FAA to ensure a pilot\u2019s private information is fully protected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a related note, Pleasance also <a href=\"https:\/\/download.aopa.org\/advocacy\/2025\/Feb18ADSB-PRIVACY-LTR.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/download.aopa.org\/advocacy\/2025\/Feb18ADSB-PRIVACY-LTR.pdf\">sent a letter<\/a> to Acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau, urging the agency to stand by its commitment to ensuring data emitted from an aviation safety tool onboard an aircraft, known as ADS-B, which allows aircraft and air traffic controllers to determine location, speed, and other parameters, not be used by third parties to collect airport fees from private pilots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pleasance also noted that in addition to ADS-B data being used for billing pilots for airport fees without their consent, they \u201care increasingly being targeted with enforcement actions and frivolous lawsuits\u2014things that are far from the ADS-B equipage mandate\u2019s original purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has implemented a program strongly advocated for by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) that allows aircraft owners to request that certain personal information be kept private, including their name and address. AOPA advocated for pilot privacy in last year\u2019s FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. 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