Paper shuffled,
I agree. When a SAR is initiated and Inmarsat is still getting live handshakes. Maybe they can enable the account so to speak. If Malaysian Airlines had payed for the extra service, they would have had much more info as they had in the case of AF447. I would say this point will be brought up in legal action against the airline by victims families. Bean counters need to be more aware of what to chop or keep as far as Safety is concerned.