Originally Posted by stadedelafougere
It's not a Mafia type system at all...
You'll have to admit that's it's seen by many people, and not only outside France, as something ... not quite Mafia, but let's say for the moment ... "less than desirable"?
In this case, I cannot but agree with the opinions being expressed here.
Those recorders should have been identified, "scellés" ("sealed" legally) and sent to Honeywell, the moment it became obvious the BEA could not read them, presumably because of physical damage from the impact.
The fact they are not going to Honeywell until early next year is now becoming "criminal neglect" of a totally different kind....
CJ