Why am I still surprised that the wealthy have special laws just for their privacy?
It seems though that simple elimination would reveal the "flights we're not supposed to know about". Or perhaps we'll get actual human "plane spotters" around the airports to log these radio-silent flights.
All politics aside, I want to note that this is not a “little known” thing and I’ve never seen it talked about as a “loophole.”
I’m a pilot, I know hundreds more pilots. Most individuals who own a plane (even a Cessna that costs less than a car) know about and often use this program.
It’s very much well known in the aviation community. And outside of that I’d say it would be more surprising to people that the general public can track any aircraft public or private! (Imagine everyone’s car being able to be real time tracked by license plate by anyone anytime)
Now, bringing some politics in, it does feel like aircraft movement for the purpose of public government use should be documented and available.
This is one of the worst written articles I've read in a while. It feels like a confused jumble of the authors personal grievances, clambering over each other trying to be heard. It's repetitive and mixes facts and opinion. I read through half the article before it got to discussing the point and even then I still have no clue what the author is talking about. Is it ICE? Is it evil celebrities? Is it the sinister Jet Lobby? Or is it something else entirely?
This part caught my attention: "People being flown out of the country by ICE are frequently shackled for the duration of the journey...". It made me think on how America was built: people forcibly put in shackles and brought in, from another continent, to work for free (for some), then other people shackled, when no longer of use (to some), when forcibly moved out.
So there's a published list of aircraft that are trying to hide, but are still broadcasting their identity over the radio everywhere they go, while there's a whole hobby community receiving and sharing those broadcasts.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 27.1 ms ] threadIt seems though that simple elimination would reveal the "flights we're not supposed to know about". Or perhaps we'll get actual human "plane spotters" around the airports to log these radio-silent flights.
I’m a pilot, I know hundreds more pilots. Most individuals who own a plane (even a Cessna that costs less than a car) know about and often use this program.
It’s very much well known in the aviation community. And outside of that I’d say it would be more surprising to people that the general public can track any aircraft public or private! (Imagine everyone’s car being able to be real time tracked by license plate by anyone anytime)
Now, bringing some politics in, it does feel like aircraft movement for the purpose of public government use should be documented and available.
Interesting approach.