Originally Posted by
anengineer
Just wondering why in this day and age there aren't video cameras on the flightdeck ? HD cameras and digital storage that can store weeks of video cost pennies. We shouldn't have to be relying on people trying to work out what's going on from audio alone.
Two issues:
1. Concerns about privacy and employers monitoring crew performance (union stuff)
2. A GoPro and a 256GB SD card indeed are not very expensive, but I doubt it will survive a 300+ kts crash
But you're right that the technology does seem a bit outdated. Why no redundancy in flight recorders for example? Both record cockpit ánd flight data so only one needs to survive and be found. Or why no Real time flight data transfer and storage to outside the A/C?