Finding a Flight Plan?
Oct 9, 2013 | 11:27 am
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Finding a Flight Plan?
How would I go about finding the tail number and captain's name for a previously-flown flight?
I would presume flight plans are considered public information - is there a way to pull them from FAA.gov that I can't find? Or is it going to be more laborious?
I would presume flight plans are considered public information - is there a way to pull them from FAA.gov that I can't find? Or is it going to be more laborious?
Oct 9, 2013 | 2:49 pm
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You can get routing and tail number from ACARS but the pilot info is not publicly accessible.
http://www.acarsd.org/acars_search.html
http://www.acarsd.org/acars_search.html
Oct 10, 2013 | 11:58 am
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Flight plans are public. Personal information about the pilot(s) is not, nor should it be.
Law enforcement, the FAA, the NTSB, etc. all have the capability to get this info with good justification. I can't think of any good reason it should be made available to any random person who asks, though.
Law enforcement, the FAA, the NTSB, etc. all have the capability to get this info with good justification. I can't think of any good reason it should be made available to any random person who asks, though.
Oct 10, 2013 | 6:14 pm
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Do you want to know the full name of the conductor of the next train you ride, or the full name of the driver of the next bus you're on?
So what, exactly, justifies making a pilot's full name available to John Q Public? If you have a complaint or even a compliment about a pilot of a recent flight you were on, there are avenues you can take to provide the feedback to the right people.
Oct 10, 2013 | 6:30 pm
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Oct 10, 2013 | 7:12 pm
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I don't understand why anyone would assume that a flight plan is public info. It only matters if you're a pilot and flying a plane between the other plane's takeoff and landing. After landing, the flight plan is useless history.