Originally Posted by
Tfor2
Cockpit Voice Recorders: The output from vastly updated technology is now available and ready to record hours of audio and video activity on the flight deck. However, it appears that concerns of pilot privacy still forbid their full use. 30 minutes max and no video. Is there a conflict here?
We bereft pax are left to wonder what the point is of spending millions to retrieve this piece of evidence from the bottom of the ocean, only to find there's nothing on it.
Let's hear from some of you pros out there.
Repeated inquiries like the recent BEA inquiry into AF447 have suggested better recordings and recordings of just the instrument panel(s) by video. But despite better recordings now being simple and cheap there is considerable back pressure from crews who do not trust their management not to attempt to misuse the recordings. This shows how managers and management attitudes can directly affect flight safety. But the kind of manager that would dig around in FOQA data to get at a crew is the kind that is too short-sighted to understand the flight safety impact of doing that.