Michael,
I share your sentiment;
I don't think most of the media would understand the significance of what
they have seen or taken a photo of following an aircraft accident, as far as
they are concerned bad/tragic news is good copy.
As far as educating the media is concerned, not even th
In NSW as well (and I have a daughter and son-in-law who work for RTA)
access to registration detail is locked up very tightly indeed (at least on
paper) and anyone in the system who accesses this info without specific
work-related cause may well be dismissed.
I suspect the average newspaper photo
Your comment about privacy and sensitivity is taken a set further
in the
fact that anyone can source the aircraft register on line while motor
vehicle registrations details are not available even on request due to
"Privacy Legislation" in the ACT at least, and probably other
states too.
The po
Scott, not having a go at you but.
Legal reasons or not is pile of B.S,
What legal reason would that be ??
Just because a reg of a aircraft is open to any one who can punch in a CASA
or GFA web page and search for a particular rego and get the particular
details of the owner and most likely