Do you hold an FAA pilot or mechanic certificate? Then I can learn a lot about you. I can quickly learn your age, date of birth, gender, hair and eye color, weight, and address. I might be able to determine your social security number, depending on how old your certificate is.

This information was all available to the public for many years. Back then, a lady parole officer in New York who was a private pilot, was hunted down and attacked at her residence by one of her parolees. He found his address through the FAA database. Because of this, the FAA made this information private. But a few years ago, the FAA reversed their policy. It's all public again. People who market their products and services to pilots/mechanics use this database information daily.

If you were the FAA Administrator, would you make pilot/mechanic information private or keep it public?