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Old 21st Mar 2013, 16:14
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DozyWannabe
 
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@jcj:

As I'm sure you well know, "censored" is a loaded term, usually with negative connotations.

The fact is that every CVR transcript ever released into the public domain as part of an accident investigation report has been abridged to some extent. This is - and has always been - true of reports released by not just the BEA, but also the NTSB, ATSB, AAIB and TSB Canada to name but a few. If you consider what the BEA has done to be censorship, then you must also conclude that the transcripts released by all of the above have also been censored.

Personally I think it's the wrong term to use, due to the aforementioned negative connotations. The reason all transcripts are restricted to the portions that are relevant to the conduct of the flight is because the pilots' unions demanded it as part of the agreement to making CVRs mandatory on transport-category aircraft.
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