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The charges for searches for aircraft should be levied on the airline - or more specifically on its insurers. This would result almost immediately in retrofit of more suitable DFDR/CVR location systems or streaming of their data in emergency. unquote
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Absolutely. It's a shame that when it comes down to the nitty-gritty in these (and most) things, it's the beancounters requirements that come first. unquote
I am not quite sure how that would work. Large airlines would no doubt pay; operators with one or two aircraft would find it hard to do so. If the underwriters are to do the paying, then we must first identify them, then send them the bill, then persuade them to pay it, when they have just paid out for a hull loss.