Paul2412
Both your points are very valid indeed!
I would love to be a "fly on the wall" listening in to the conversations between the lawyers of AF and Airbus at the moment.......talk about a blame game!
I know little about IT, but as you say, there MUST be a way that modern aircraft can transmit "burst" transmissions on a regular basis (say every 20min) to home base including ALL the info that would normally be stored on the FDR/CVR?
OK a lot can happen in the 20min between transmissions, but surely a pattern may emerge leading up to a serious incident?