Thu, Sep 29, 2011
Case To Be Heard In Federal Appeals Court In DC
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments on December 2 in a
case brought by the NBAA and AOPA that seeks to overturn the
restrictions that the government imposed on the Block Aircraft
Registration Request (BARR) program.
"We are pleased that the general aviation community will soon
have its day in court," said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. "We
look forward to explaining to the Court of Appeals why the
government's move to severely limit the BARR program represents an
unwarranted invasion of the privacy of aircraft owners and
operators, a threat to the competitiveness of U.S. companies and a
potential security risk to the persons aboard aircraft."
AOPA President and CEO Craig Fuller agreed, adding: "The
government's action is unprecedented and unreasonable. Aircraft
operators willingly provide information about aircraft movements to
the government. But that doesn't mean the information should be
available to anyone, anywhere, at any time. That's the case we
intend to make on December 2, and we welcome the opportunity to do
so."
Bolen and Fuller thanked the general aviation community for its
continued support for the two associations' aggressive legal
challenge to the government's move to curtail the BARR program,
citing the financial contributions provided by individuals and a
host of local business aviation groups to the BARR Legal Defense
Fund. NBAA and AOPA established the fund earlier this year at the
request of individuals in the industry, to provide a means of
demonstrating support for their court challenge to preserve the
program.
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