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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Air traffic control towers do record radio conversations. But not all conversations in the cockpit are broadcast over radio to the air traffic controllers – a recorder can record those conversations. And another recorder records *non-voice* data, like how the systems on board the plane are operating to help track technical malfunctions and research the causes of accidents.
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