Originally Posted by NotTooBad

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021503192.html

He also wrote that he did not believe that disclosure of the documents would hamper the safety program.

In legal filings, the FAA said it would prefer that the incident reports not be "subject to broad use in litigation." Its lawyers wrote that regulators thought that employees would be less likely to provide information if the reports were not kept confidential.