It’s surprising to me that AOPA and NBAA have still been pushing the privacy angle on this stuff so much still. I guess that’s part of their lobbying mission though.
As someone else pointed out all of these executives carry cell phones and as the recent NY Times series pointed out the things are leaking out location data everywhere. Competitors and hedge funds likely aren’t using ADS-B data to track movements when they can get significantly better data elsewhere.
I wonder if high level executives have any kind of training and protocols for avoiding cell phone location tracking.
Remember that a lot of folks use fractional air charters for their business needs which provide basically no information about whose in the planes. I know of a few large corporations that own their own jets that when they have to go for something sensitive (M&A activities) they go on fractional operators (netjets, etc.). Last year was talking to a crew who told me all the diff M&A related flights they flew.
As someone else pointed out all of these executives carry cell phones and as the recent NY Times series pointed out the things are leaking out location data everywhere. Competitors and hedge funds likely aren’t using ADS-B data to track movements when they can get significantly better data elsewhere.
I wonder if high level executives have any kind of training and protocols for avoiding cell phone location tracking.