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I agree with you about the idea of public records. At the same time, it is not clear to me why someone would need the physical address of someone with a pilot's license. Why is "where this person lives" part of "public record" once you are licensed to fly a plane?

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Additionally, police officers have special privilege, but their home information is not disclosed. As are all civil servants from the post office to the IRS.

The address is where official communications are sent, e.g. the license itself or a subpoena or FAA investigators.

Which is why the FAA needs the data, not a reason to disclose it.

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