I’ve never understood this – I figured it must be because of pilot unions or something along the lines. It’s archaic that we physically search for black boxes rather than have it streamed. And to that point, why not have it video recorded as well? It’s a common practice across many professions – how there can be any justification against it?
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The last fatal commercial aircraft accident in the USA was in 2009. There are 50,000 flights a day.
You’re talking about streaming billions of hours of audio per accident. Even if you could get this down to a dollar an hour, it’s phenomenalally expensive for the benefit it provides.
OH, and unions. Don’t forget the pilot unions, who have successfully fought off video in the cockpit even thought it’s the NTSB’s #1 safety want for commercial aircraft.
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