Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0716
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Procedures for Requesting Air Traffic Data under the Pilot's Bill of Rights
Posted Date: 2015-01-20T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2776-2777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00791]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Procedures for Requesting Air Traffic Data under the Pilot's Bill 
of Rights

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is taking down the ``Pilot's Bill of Rights'' 
hyperlink on the FAA Internet Web page (www.faa.gov/pilots) and the 
email address AirmenDataRequest@faa.gov for processing requests for air 
traffic data under the Pilot's Bill of Rights (PBR), Pub. L. 112-153 
(Aug. 3, 2012). Individuals entitled to access or otherwise obtain air 
traffic data under the PBR should direct such requests to the FAA 
investigator that provided them with the written notification of 
investigation.

DATES: Effective date February 17, 2015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    On August 22, 2012, the FAA published a Notice (77 FR 52107) 
specifying how and where an airman subject to an FAA investigation may 
submit a request to the FAA under the Pilot's Bill of Rights, Pub. L. 
112-153 (Aug. 3, 2012), to obtain air traffic data in the possession of 
a government contractor. Specifically, the Notice instructed airmen to 
click on the ``Pilot's Bill of Rights'' hyperlink on the FAA's Internet 
Web page to find out what specific information they would need to 
include in their request to obtain air traffic data in the possession 
of a government contractor, and that they should email their requests 
to a centralized point of contact at the following email address: 
AirmenDataRequest@faa.gov.

B. Removal of ``Pilot's Bill of Rights'' Hyperlink From the FAA 
Internet Web Page and the FAA Email Address_AirmenDataRequest@faa.gov.

    Although the FAA established the email address_
AirmenDataRequest@faa.gov--as a centralized point-of-contact for the 
expeditious and efficient processing of requests for air traffic data 
in the possession of a government

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contractor by airmen who are the subject of an investigation, the email 
address has been burdened with many other types of requests (e.g., 
unspecified requests for ``any air traffic data,'' requests for other 
agency information, or requests by individuals who are not the subject 
of an investigation related to the approval, denial, suspension, 
modification, or revocation of an airman certificate). Because the 
email address is no longer an efficacious means for processing the 
requests for which it was intended, the FAA will no longer be using it 
and it will remove the instructions from the ``Pilot's Bill of Rights'' 
hyperlink that directed airmen to that email address.

C. How Individuals Subject to an FAA Investigation Related to the 
Approval, Denial, Suspension, Modification, or Revocation of an Airman 
Certificate May Obtain Air Traffic Data in the Possession of a 
Government Contractor

    Individuals who have received notification from an FAA investigator 
that they are the subject of an investigation related to the approval, 
denial, suspension, modification, or revocation of an airman 
certificate may access or otherwise obtain air traffic data by 
contacting the FAA investigator that provided them with that 
notification.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2015.
Peter J. Lynch,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2015-00791 Filed 1-16-15; 8:45 am]
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