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Old 11th May 2018, 22:00
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DingerX
 
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Look, I think it's fair to say that there are very few people who would be opposed to cockpit video being provided to accident investigations that do not apportion blame and cannot be cited in a court civil or criminal.

But what if those videos of the last terrifying minutes got made public?
What if they were used by court systems in populous countries as evidence in criminal proceedings to railroad foreign pilots?
What if they were cited in tort cases for massive civil awards?
What if the airline used them to bolster a league table of pro-airline actors on the flight deck, giving bonuses to the most management friendly?

These things (at least the first three) have already happened with CVRs. So, would it help here to be useful enough?

FWIW, one of the AC mgmt types said that, in a go around from a taxi, they would expect an immediate report and to pull the FDR/CVR.
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