HarryMann;
With respect to these details, I wouldn't take them as hard-and-fast limits/restrictions. I'm not a test pilot and have only had the need-to-know course a long time ago so these areas are far less familiar to me than normal ops on the 320. With the passage of time, one gets very good at flying this airplane and learns a trick or three but where these pilots were is well beyond airline experience. I'm just trying to think a bit outside the box with what I think are some possible but not definitive responses to the question asked. I recommend (when reading my post, anyway), a "hmm, interesting..." stance with a pause to keep the question open rather than hardening conclusions into 4 dot points. It's not as though I don't agree with your points...I just can't comment on them because I don't know enough about these 320 flight regimes.
DC-ATE;
At least in Canada, and possibly the US, it is against the law to make the CVR available to anyone other than the IIC (Investigator In Charge) and his/her investigating team.
There is no benefit nor reason to provide the CVR to "pilots" even though they may be involved in flight safety work for their association, (you don't mention this qualification but I didn't think you'd mean that the CVR would be handed over to just any pilots). Training, experience in flight safety work is needed to interpret all data including the CVR.
Providing a transcript is another matter and while not protected in law, is still not encouraged though especially in the US, it is done all the time, ostensibly for CNN's and Faux News' ratings.
The investigators almost always draw correct inferences and conclusions in the process. It just takes time, as you likely know.
Last edited by PJ2; 3rd March 2009 at 01:14.