Originally Posted by
Lookleft
I'm not sure you can be certain of the second statement in light of your first one! If you happen to have an accident somewhere that doesn't have the same protocols around protection of the CVR and FDR then you might very well find the recording of your flight being broadcast far too widely.
I never flew to such places.
Originally Posted by
Lookleft
... yet crew can agree to have a person sitting in the jumps seat recording everything pertinent to the flight.
And a crew can say "No, don't."