The BARR provides a private jet aircraft owner means to opt out of having the details of their flight operations broadcast through Aircraft Situation Display to Industry data (ASDI).

That information, which is disseminated to the public through a number of vendors, includes the location, point of origin and destination of both commercial and general aviation aircraft, identifying them by tail number and detailing their flight plans. The FAA’s new rule would make the BARR unavailable to all but a few private jet owner operators.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), Aircraft Owners and Operators Association (AOPA), and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is filing suit to stop the government. They feel the FAA’s plan to restrict the BARR program would be an invasion of privacy for the private jet owner, a threat to the competitiveness of U.S. companies, and a potential risk to persons traveling on a general aviation aircraft. “The BARR program is important for privacy reasons, for competitive reasons and for security reasons,” said Ed Bolen of NBAA. “Congress recognized that when they created the program, and they’re considering legislation right now that would preserve the program.”

The dismantling of the BARR program has no effect on the privacy of individual passenger information, it is only the aircraft owner’s information being provided through the registration of the aircraft. Therefore, passengers flying through fractional ownership programs, private jet charter, and jet card membership companies fall under the umbrella of the private jet operator and aircraft owner; their individual, personal information is not made available.

Jet Linx clients fly under the Jet Linx Aviation fleet so their individual information is protected under our Company umbrella (flights register as Jet Linx, not client name) and we have an exclusive FAA call-sign not made public. Therefore, our Jet Card Members’ privacy is protected.