More Big Brother: FAA Orders Re-Registration Of Private Aircraft

Just more bureaucracy to stifle travel and travel without government knowledge of where you are..Soon there will be no way to flee Gulag America...

FAA orders re-registration of thousands of private aircraft
By Jeanne Meserve and Mike M. Ahlers, CNN
December 10, 2010 12:38 p.m. EST
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Of 357,000 registered aircraft in U.S., records for about 119,000 are believed out of date
Inaccurate records can conceal criminal or terrorist activity, experts say
To deal with the disarray, the FAA is in process of canceling registration for all civil aircraft

Washington (CNN) -- The Federal Aviation Administration says registration records for as many as one-third of all private aircraft are out-of-date and inaccurate, and has begun the process of re-registering aircraft in the United States -- a task made more urgent by the threat posed by criminals and terrorists.

Of the 357,000 registered aircraft in the United States, records for about 119,000 are believed to be out of date, with many of them believed to be junked or inactive aircraft, the FAA said.

But the inaccurate records also could conceal criminal or even terrorist activity, say some security and aviation experts, who say it is critical that the FAA restore order to its records.

To deal with the disarray, the FAA is in the process of canceling registration for all civil aircraft -- a category that includes virtually everything except military aircraft -- and requiring the owners to re-register. The re-registrations will be phased-in over three years, and aircraft owners will be required to renew the registrations every three years thereafter.

[link to www.cnn.com]

Last Edited by Trench on 12/10/2010 02:51 PM