EdKranz
Joined: 29 Dec 2010
Posts: 132
Location: Hastings, MN
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 Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:51 pm Post subject: White House petition to reconsider FAA free data downloads |
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This was sent to me through my local EAA chapter, and I thought I'd forward it on to the list.
Forwarded message:
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You may or may not be aware that the FAA has recently decided to make some
changes to how they make available data downloads (charts, approach data, A/FD
data, etc.):
1) There will now be a fee associated with downloading these previously free
downloads
2) Private citizens will no longer be able to download directly from FAA at all,
and will have be forced to pay a third party for access to the data
Of these, #2 is the most disturbing to me personally. I feel that this data
should be provided free as a public service in the interest of aviation safety.
The availability of this data has been a large factor in bringing to market a
whole new generation of flight planning and navigational tools (e.g.,
ForeFlight and the like), and I think that's a good thing.
The White House website has a petition to ask the FAA to rethink this decision.
The petition needs 22,085 signatures. It currently has 2,915, so we end users
need to get vocal and let the Obama administration know what we think about
this.
Here's the petition. Please take a couple of minutes to go click the "Sign This
Petition" button. The deadline is December 14, 2011.
http://wh.gov/jCZ
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