Aviation records

Court upholds release of corporate jet list as public record

Curry Andrews | Freedom of Information | Quicklink | March 1, 2010
Quicklink
March 1, 2010

A federal district court judge on Friday agreed that the list of private planes potentially used by auto industry executives who traveled to Washington to ask Congress for help should be released, ProPublica reported.

FAA drops plan to make bird-strike data secret

Hannah Bergman | Freedom of Information | Feature | April 22, 2009
Feature
April 22, 2009

Government officials promised Wednesday to stop a proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration to restrict access to a key database containing records of aircraft-wildlife strikes.

The Washington Post reported that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told the paper in an interview the database would remain public. The FAA is part of the Transportation Department.