I'm curious exactly what this means. I mean, the plane will still be broadcasting ADS-B info of some sort, right?
If it's an empty registration number, well, to quote The Simpsons, "We'll look for the house with no numbers."
If it's an empty registration number, well, to quote The Simpsons, "We'll look for the house with no numbers."
Unlike cars, you could just see who owned a plane based on its tail number without any sort of special access. People DO try to hide that by using shell companies, but you can still track those shell companies.
AKA... people will just have to spread the word what people use what planes with what N-numbers. It's not like we don't already know the tail number of these people's jets or their transponder codes in the sky, no matter what they do.
Guessing FAA is just committing to anonymize their public part 135 operators list.