Cockpit video recorders
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Cockpit video recorders
Hi there all,
I was just wondering what your feelings are on the topic of Cockpit Video Recorders and their potential use on the flight deck.
Do you feel that would be invaluable for accident investigations, or would they be more an invasion of privacy for the pilot and have an effect on their performance, if they were aware that all their actions were being recorded?
Would this change the way in which pilots act on the flight Deck or do their job?
I would be interested in anyones comments and opinions on this issue and whether you view them as potentially useful, or damaging?
Do you think that they should become mandatory items on commercial airliners?
I would also be grateful if anyone could let me know where I could find some more information on this topic.
Thanks all, and happy flying
sincerely
Tom
[ 15 October 2001: Message edited by: Rosser ]
I was just wondering what your feelings are on the topic of Cockpit Video Recorders and their potential use on the flight deck.
Do you feel that would be invaluable for accident investigations, or would they be more an invasion of privacy for the pilot and have an effect on their performance, if they were aware that all their actions were being recorded?
Would this change the way in which pilots act on the flight Deck or do their job?
I would be interested in anyones comments and opinions on this issue and whether you view them as potentially useful, or damaging?
Do you think that they should become mandatory items on commercial airliners?
I would also be grateful if anyone could let me know where I could find some more information on this topic.
Thanks all, and happy flying
sincerely
Tom
[ 15 October 2001: Message edited by: Rosser ]
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I am against this. I find it an invasion of my cockpit. I could see the media getting copies to air on the evening news.
For more info see:
http://www.ntsb.gov/events/symp_rec/...hors/horne.htm
For more info see:
http://www.ntsb.gov/events/symp_rec/...hors/horne.htm
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Didn't Pilots used to say this about CVR's ?
Times change. The technology exists, and should be embraced.
External view cameras for Pilots information and accident analysis should be standard kit in my opinion.
Didn't Pilots used to say this about CVR's ?
Times change. The technology exists, and should be embraced.
External view cameras for Pilots information and accident analysis should be standard kit in my opinion.
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The CVR is still in the cockpit. Pilots can't argue that the CVR is instrumental in accident reconstruction. We learn from the accident tapes in our training curriculum. However, we won't learn very much from a cockpit camera that we can't learn from the CVR and the Flight Data Recorder. The NTSB has already determined what happened in the Egypt Air crash. Would video have helped? Not much. What can video do to hurt? A lot.
Dateline: NBC played the actual CVR recording of the American crash at Cali. They most likely obtained a copy of the one distributed to Colombian officials. Waving a CVR tape in front of the media is like putting candy in front of an baby. You're foolish if you expect them to say no. And that is the real hot button for pilots -- hearing or seeing the last few moments of a doomed crew broadcast to the world. Furthermore, that's just audio. The temptation/sensation factor goes up by at least an order of magnitude for video. Can you imaging what the bidding war would be like among reality TV, and Web hucksters for one of those videotapes? And then it would be forever on public display. The parents in the Columbine school shootings were rightly upset when some local official released videotape that showed the aftermath of that tragedy. How do you think the family and friends of the crew would feel when the actual event is put on display for public consumption?
Dateline: NBC played the actual CVR recording of the American crash at Cali. They most likely obtained a copy of the one distributed to Colombian officials. Waving a CVR tape in front of the media is like putting candy in front of an baby. You're foolish if you expect them to say no. And that is the real hot button for pilots -- hearing or seeing the last few moments of a doomed crew broadcast to the world. Furthermore, that's just audio. The temptation/sensation factor goes up by at least an order of magnitude for video. Can you imaging what the bidding war would be like among reality TV, and Web hucksters for one of those videotapes? And then it would be forever on public display. The parents in the Columbine school shootings were rightly upset when some local official released videotape that showed the aftermath of that tragedy. How do you think the family and friends of the crew would feel when the actual event is put on display for public consumption?
