Originally Posted by
Basil
fa2fi,
We thought that the CVR would be intrusive but everyone now accepts it as a great diagnostic and I don't recollect it repressing robust social comment on the flight deck.
Provided that the use of audio and video recordings is rigidly controlled ONLY to be used by accident investigators then I have no objection to either. Simply make it a criminal offense for the operator to intentionally view or listen.
I agree. The cause of the recent SpaceShipTwo breakup was immediately and unambiguously evident because they had video of the pilot's actions. CVR and FDR data would not have been conclusive.