FAA Changes Mind About Previously Disclosed Transcript

The FAA is joining other federal agencies in revising the status of previously disclosed documents from "open" to "exempt from disclosure," apparently taking off of its website a report from a meeting it held with pilots regarding the rules for air travel in the DC environs.  Recall that no-fly zones were imposed around the nation’s capitol after 9/11. The document, which was previously open-access on www.faa.gov, was actually a transcript of that meeting in which the rules establishing the no-fly zones were soundly ridiculed by private pilots, who pointed out various inconsistencies and puzzling results (briefly discussed in the above-linked article on AirportBusiness.com). NPR’s Alex Chadwick and Slate’s Steven Aftergood discussed the ongoing efforts of the Bush Administration to reclassify previously-disclosed documents recently on NPR’s "Day to Day"; the Slate commentary can be read here.