Originally Posted by
Ian W
The issue is available bandwidth for the transmissions through the satellites and who would pay for the usage of that bandwidth.
I believe I said that, Ian W.
The issue is indeed bandwidth and on SATCOM systems, that equates to cost.
For the most part, the current DFDR and CVR methods work fine in the overwhelming majority of crashes and incidents. Perhaps one way forward would be adding a fare tax that would support the use of SATCOM reporting for long over water flights.