Originally Posted by
keithl
It seems to be just the CVR that is to be handed over, HC, so FDR decoding won't be a factor. However, this is a sad moment and a setback to a carefully nurtured culture of open reporting.
Well the original petition was for the CVR and FDR, and of course physically they are one and the same box. I suspect what they actually want is the data contained therein (be it voice or FD) although the petition didn't say that. Pretty hard to work out what went wrong just by listening to the CVR though, so whilst I hope you are right, I somehow doubt it.
Even if they got the FDR data in "engineering units" they would find it hard to get it interpreted and let's hope nobody in the industry prostitutes themselves to "help out for a fee".