Originally Posted by Mixture
how on earth do you think the manufacturers are going to convince the airlines to (a) pay for the equipment and its installation it across entire fleets (b) Continue paying operational costs to keep the equipment running just incase some rare event occurs.
Got nothing to do with convincing anybody. If such a system was deemed necessary, it would be mandated by the authorities for
all players. Add $5 to the cost of a ticket. So what? If you knew the angst that MH 370 has caused and the cost of the searches (still on-going) others would be more conducive to the idea. We're not talking about HD streaming of a different video to every pax seat here.
It is rather pathetic that in this day and age we can lose a 777...