FAA BARR

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

- Any current, or the most recent, list of aircrafts on the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR List), also/now known as the ASDI Block list, including all of information contained in the list such as the registrations, ICAO code, date of request, requester and block level. This would be in an Excel table format if it exists.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Emmanuel Freudenthal

Dear FAA,

Could you please provide me an estimated date of completion ?

This FOIA dates back to 14 February 2019.

Could you also provide me with the contact of your FOIA liaison?

Thanks in advance. Best,
Emmanuel

Dear FAA FOIA Office,

Thanks for your reply. I hadn't received it earlier

I have a few questions regarding the responsive document as I've asked for the ASDI Block list - including all of information contained in the list.

1 - Could you confirm that the FAA does not have the ICAO number of the planes on its ASDI block list?
I find this quite surprising.
2 - Could you also confirm that the FAA does not have this list in an Excel (i.e. table) format?
3 - Could you confirm that the FAA does not have information on the Company Affiliation / Owner / Operator of the planes on its ASDI block list?
You had provided this in response to a previous FOIA, so I would be surprised it is not the case https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/asdi-blocking-requests-11574/
4 - Could you confirm that there are no military planes on the FAA ASDI block list?

If you find additional information which you haven't sent me, then I'd be happy to receive it.

Thanks in advance. Best regards,
Emmanuel

Dear FAA FOIA Office,

Thanks for the reply.

It is completely impossible that the list is maintained on a pdf, because it is a document format that cannot be edited. And because of this, to create a pdf you need to first have another document, such as Excel or Word.

This obvious issue makes me question the other replies too. Please could you clarify this again with them?

My only other recourse is an appeal which will be time consuming for everyone.

Best,
Emmanuel

Dear FAA FOIA Office,

I'd like to make an appeal to your reply for the reasons outlined in my previous message (pdf cannot be the format in which the data is held). Could you provide me with the correct to file it?

Thanks in advance. Best,
Emmanuel

Dear Sir or Madam,

This is an appeal to the reply to request #2019-003635 by the Federal Aviation Authority.

The FAA claims that " all information maintained by the agency regarding the ASDI was already provided to you in the format in which they are maintained." This was a pdf document.

It is completely impossible that the list is maintained in a pdf document, because it is a file format that cannot be edited.

And because of this, to create a pdf you need to first have another document, such as Excel or Word.

Therefore, I'd like to request the original document in its original format.

Best,
Emmanuel