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Barr Dispute Jumps into Federal Court Next Month
People who want to continue blocking their aircraft tail numbers from for-profit Internet flight-tracking services will get their day in court next month

People who want to continue blocking their aircraft tail numbers from for-profit Internet flight-tracking services will get their day in court next month. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments December 2 in Washington in a case brought by NBAA and AOPA.

The two associations seek to overturn the restrictions that the government imposed on the Block Aircraft Registration Request (Barr) program. For the moment, aircraft owners and operators who want to opt out of having their aviation movements tracked and broadcast must pass a complex FAA standard to do so.