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Pretty sure they would need to prove an intent to stalk and harass as opposed to being aviation enthusiasts. If Taylor doesn't like it there are a number of wa

by mikece 3y ago

Pretty sure they would need to prove an intent to stalk and harass as opposed to being aviation enthusiasts. If Taylor doesn't like it there are a number of ways to avoid being tracked, and the cost to avoid tracking would be a rounding error in computing her daily expenses.

wolverine876 3y ago
> If Taylor doesn't like it there are a number of ways to avoid being tracked, and the cost to avoid tracking would be a rounding error in computing her daily expenses. Is that true? I assumed not, because otherwise these celebrities would be doing it. How would it be done?
- obmelvin 3y ago
  There are a number of ways to avoid being tracked [1], and interestingly the Vox or NYT podcast where I heard about them indicated that Swift was in the program(s). Based on this quote from the article, it does seem that there are ways to still get the data, "Many private owners signed up for the Limited Aircraft Display Data (LADD) program, but sources that don’t use FAA data aren’t obligated to obey those restrictions and can still publish the information emitted from a jet’s transponder." [1] - https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/how-airliners-keep-private-flights-safe-1234797613/ https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/how-airliners-keep-pr...
- chihuahua 3y ago
  Fractional jet ownership. Something like NetJets.
  - wolverine876 3y ago
    Swift's utilization of the aircraft probably approaches 100%. How could she share it?
    - chihuahua 3y ago
      NetJets has a large fleet of aircraft similar to those that are typically used as private jets. You pay to use some of the fleet like a taxi. Whenever you take a flight, you are the only party on the flight. If you take a lot of flights, you pay more. But you don't own any of the jets, so it can't be tracked as easily as a jet that you own.
  - tzs 3y ago
    OT: On FlightAware most of the time all the plane icons are the same color. But sometimes I'll see a plane of a different color, and every time I've seen that it has been a NetJets flight. When I then zoom out it appears that every NetJets flight is getting that special color. NetJets are usually the same color as all the others. So it appears that FlightAware for some reason just occasionally decides to highlight NetJets. Anyone happen to know why? And is it really only NetJets, or have I just not happened to be looking when they highlighted something else?

by mikece 3y ago

wolverine876 3y ago

> If Taylor doesn't like it there are a number of ways to avoid being tracked, and the cost to avoid tracking would be a rounding error in computing her daily expenses. Is that true? I assumed not, because otherwise these celebrities would be doing it. How would it be done?

obmelvin 3y ago
There are a number of ways to avoid being tracked [1], and interestingly the Vox or NYT podcast where I heard about them indicated that Swift was in the program(s). Based on this quote from the article, it does seem that there are ways to still get the data, "Many private owners signed up for the Limited Aircraft Display Data (LADD) program, but sources that don’t use FAA data aren’t obligated to obey those restrictions and can still publish the information emitted from a jet’s transponder." [1] - https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/how-airliners-keep-private-flights-safe-1234797613/ https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/how-airliners-keep-pr...
chihuahua 3y ago
Fractional jet ownership. Something like NetJets.
- wolverine876 3y ago
  Swift's utilization of the aircraft probably approaches 100%. How could she share it?
  - chihuahua 3y ago
    NetJets has a large fleet of aircraft similar to those that are typically used as private jets. You pay to use some of the fleet like a taxi. Whenever you take a flight, you are the only party on the flight. If you take a lot of flights, you pay more. But you don't own any of the jets, so it can't be tracked as easily as a jet that you own.
- tzs 3y ago
  OT: On FlightAware most of the time all the plane icons are the same color. But sometimes I'll see a plane of a different color, and every time I've seen that it has been a NetJets flight. When I then zoom out it appears that every NetJets flight is getting that special color. NetJets are usually the same color as all the others. So it appears that FlightAware for some reason just occasionally decides to highlight NetJets. Anyone happen to know why? And is it really only NetJets, or have I just not happened to be looking when they highlighted something else?