Excellent news could also be coming for Elon Musk and different uberwealthy of us with non-public jets. The FAA reauthorization invoice, which was lately handed by the Home, might quickly block the general public from studying concerning the flights folks tackle non-public jets, in response to Axios. Whereas it might be excellent news within the eyes of the wealthy, it’s unhealthy information for everybody else.

The Tesla, SpaceX and X (ugh) CEO has mentioned previously that folks having entry to their flight information can pose a safety threat, however Axios asserts that the data has confirmed to be very helpful for journalists and different researchers. This form of monitoring has all the time been a part of public report, however till on-line flight trackers began taking off (I’m so sorry), it was form of a ache within the ass for most individuals to be taught who owned non-public planes and the place they had been going.

The outlet reviews {that a} provision deep contained in the five-year FAA reauthorization invoice would require the company to ascertain a course of that will let jet house owners request to maintain their planes’ registration numbers and different data non-public. That’s lame as hell. The invoice reportedly handed the Home by a 351-69 (good) vote in July, and now it should be reconciled with the Senate earlier than President Biden can signal it.

The outlet reviews that the FAA already has plenty of choices for non-public house owners who don’t need these goddamn nosey poor folks seeing what they’re as much as. Considered one of them is utilizing LLCs and different company possession constructions to protect their identities.

You could bear in mind final yr when Musk threatened to sue a Twitter person for creating an account that tracked his non-public jet’s actions. That by no means actually occurred. Nonetheless, as soon as Musk bought possession of Twitter, he completely suspended the account, as a result of he isn’t a petty individual in any respect.

It isn’t all on Musk, although. Loads of extremely rich folks have their flight data blocked like Donald Trump, Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner. The FAA has additionally granted over 300 short-term plane reservation numbers. They permit candidates to fly anonymously by means of a non-public plane deal with program.