Originally Posted by
robbreid
Anyone foolish enough to think your flight can't be tracked by blocking your tail number is fooling themselves.
Every single blocked aircraft can be tracked using 'acars'.
There are enthusiast groups all over the world tracking flights worldwide, just google 'acars'. ACARS decoders are available to download for free.
Doesn't matter if you block using the BARR program or not. Even military flights are easily tracked.
How would an "ACARS decoder" track a business aircraft that isn't equipped with ACARS?
So all the court battle by the NBAA vs. ProPublica - the information was always available for free on the internet!!!
If you knew where to look; a single, all-inclusive list wasn't ever available until this lawsuit.