DownIn3Green:
Did anyone notice that the CVR's from the 9/11 flts were not released to the public?...only the families got to hear them...now the TRANSCRIPTS are a whole other situation...
The original, never to change, agreement between ALPA and the FAA and NTSB was that the actual recordings would never, ever be released. (circa 1964)
Bad mistake trusting government agencies.
Worse mistake trusting the courts to honor such agreements.
As a new F/O in 1964 I flew with captains that, although they wouldn't pull the CVR CB, they had a great device to defeat the area mic. In retrospect, they were probably right....sadly.