Locator beacons after aircraft disappears.
Is it fair comment to assert that longer battery life on locator beacons might by now have made locating MH 370 and its recording flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder a much easier task?
Assuming that to be the case have there been any moves by the recorder manufacturers or aviation regulators to make this a reality anytime soon? I would hope that in future we never have to wait in excess of 7 months to learn what actually happened. With the sums of money already spent on locating this aircraft plus what is going to be incurred on the latest search investigations, might mean that a fairly simple modification could make location of a disappearing aircraft a relatively simple event?
It may well be that use of satellites to track aircraft on a more continuous basis than presently occurring may be a better, simpler, and more cost-effective process.