On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:09:29 -0500, "Ron Natalie"
wrote:


"Joe Johnson" wrote in message om...
My understanding is that "opt out" means they won't give your name & address
to vendors. It'll still be listed in the registry AFAIK.

Actually, "opt out" is a real crock. There's no guarantee that the FAA takes any
special action on opt out requests (although they do sometimes).

I emailed them according to their instructions for opting out the day
I found my address online. I received this response:

Mr. Perkins,

I have input a code into your airman record which will indicate that you do not wish to have your address made available to the general public.

Your address will be removed from the Active Airmen Database. The website is updated each federal work day at midnight and the downloadable file is updated monthly.


The Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century, in addition to other statutory requirements, requires us to make airmen CERTIFICATE information available to the public.


Regards,

Judy Johnson, AFS-760

Based on that, I'd have to say that I can expect my address to
disappear from FAA-provided lists within 40 days. Not that King and
Sporty's, or their agents, won't correlate my full name and cert
number with the list they've *already* purchased, but there you are.

Rob

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