Originally Posted by
Mr Optimistic
The CVR is relevant when you need to understand what happened on the FD before all the participants died. If they are here, standing in front of you, just ask them. Point was made how would you like it if every curse, fart and incorrect utterance could be recalled and used by the company.
As an injured passenger, not expecting a necessarily straight answer from the people standing in front of me, I think I would like to hear every curse, fart and incorrect utterance. So would my lawyers. The CVR would surely only be made available in the event of an accident anyway, so what have the flight deck to worry about? Or don't they regard someone being injured in the cabin behind them as an "accident"? I think it is for others to determine that after the event.