Before everyone gets excited and just for the avoidance of doubt nobody is asking here for a "public" release of the go-pro footage. The question is around its release to others - such as the caa, police, coroner such that they may conclude their work and people can move on.
More than that, another question is does the treatment of such film need to be clarified in order that the AAIB can reference its content? I'm not sure if that becomes contentious?
Yet we aren't done with flight safety yet. Mention of the aircraft apex height and the reference in reports to date is via radar and the subsequent claim that this allows a potential delta because of the cycle of such returns and therefore information. One thing that 'perhaps' the video might help with is to give an absolute clarity on the apex height - which may give some insight as to why the aircraft hit the ground - which might be useful to know for people engaged in such activities, such that they may give it focus in their own preparation... and so it goes on. That seems a totally sensible and rational reason for understanding the content more fully and soonest.
If such information is distributed, it may, in the future, no longer be openly disclosed to investigators.
Lack of access to such information would impede the investigation process and seriously affect flight safety.
Could you expand on the rational vis the Go-Pro we are discussing here? See above for an example as to why understanding the video might be useful to flight safety above.
However, we have previously disagreed (in the other Hunter thread) about the potential adverse effect upon AAIB investigations, and ultimately future flight safety, if those in a position to assist decline to do so (or are reluctant to be full and frank) in case their assistance is subsequently used against them.
For some people, the ongoing argument is whether the public interest is best served by the AAIB being able to obtain as much information as possible (see sentences in bold above) or by criminal prosecution.
sure but given
That said, informed opinion is also divided on the issue.
so a debate is healthy? In your example of the Moth previously I still don't see how the pilots account and the AAIB's reflection / emphasis would change regardless of the information flow. In that example surely the views just differed and in that situation any Go-Pro footage would have been real useful to the pilot as his view gets backed up by the film footage.