FAA may limit blackout on private jet flights from real-time flight tracking data

ProPublica continues to serve as an important and credible force for transparency: "The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing rules [1] that would prevent private plane owners from keeping their flight records secret unless they can provide a valid security concern. The FAA said the practice of blocking flights from real-time tracking data had created a transparency issue and cited a federal court ruling involving a Freedom of Information Act request that had been filed by ProPublica."