justme69
While I personally think that it's not easy at all to "catch" pilot's bad behavior, specially if it is only sporadic, I'm all for forcing airlines to install voice/image recording devices in the cockpits that last longer than the 32 minutes of the CVR which, best case scenario, would only allow to evaluate pilot's behavior for the landing part of the last flight.
That way airline supervisors can figure out what goes on behind the locked doors of the cockpit and catch bad apples before their actions becames a danger. Don't we all agree that this would be an easy, cheap and really effective way to monitor progress and compliance of crews with training?
I don't agree at all! Do you really think management have the time to watch or listen to a tape of every departure to catch "bad apples"? A waste of their time and talent. So hire people specifically for the task - can you imagine how well they would do such a boring, repetitive job?
Good SOP's, training and self-discipline are part of the solution - but we are all human.