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Why Pilots Hate the Idea of Cameras Watching Them Fly
If search teams ever find the wreckage of Malaysia Flight 370, a significant shortcoming of the plane’s black boxes system could revive a proposal that’s been kicked around for 14 years: Putting cameras in cockpits. (www.wired.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
That was my point. But based on many of the comments here it would seems that many people on this site subscribe to the authoritarian idea that when one is at work they have no rights and must submit to constant surveillance whether it helps or not. I strongly disagree with this line of thinking. People are people whether they are wearing sweatpants or neat little outfits with stripes on the shoulders. We already have excessive monitoring in our embarrassingly paranoid culture, and in this case video wouldn't even help because, uh, where's the plane, dude?
Exactly. There has to be a less intrusive way of handling this. Plus I wouldn't want a pilot second guessing themselves in an emergency because they're being watched. I'd like to know what the pilots here think.
This article presents a very ridiculous argument. In the case of MH370, if the black boxes are ever found, they will not provide much info because only the last two hours of information will be saved. It is then stated that having a video recording is a way to correct this. Think about it! The problem is length of recording time. If we don't have room to store any more than the last two hours of audio, how are we to store 8 to 10 hours of audio and video? As Sharon stated below. This accident was way outside the norm and a two hour window is plenty to help solve accidents. The real problem in the case of MH370 is that we don't have whatever information that there is. Real time 24/7 flight monitoring is the answer and is available today. Cameras in the cockpit will cause more problems than they solve.
The argument specifically related to MH370 IS ridiculous - nary a shred of that plane has been found. Generally, it's a sound idea; flight crews seldom survive the type of mishap that would be recorded, and later a recording could offer a wealth of information on process, etc. A reset button could be pushed after parking at the gate, and no one's feelings would be hurt. Security could be enhanced with cabin monitoring, too.
This is what confounds me. Why, with the ever-growing expansion of solid-state storage, is audio limited to 2 hours. Heck, for $600, I can buy a surveillance camera that stores a month of HD video. Of course, for MH370, that's of no consequence, as the recording media must be recovered first.
Your confounding is not with the equipment on the audio(CVR). That restriction came from the pilot's union(ALPA) several rears ago. The CVR has plenty of capability for more time, but ALPA fought that for whatever reason and wound up with the 2 hours and they will fight the video as well. You have many independents that would be up in arms about it too. I am like Bill Babis, it is a long ways out but it will happen one of these days. If it turns out to be a federal mandate where everyone has to do it and there is a level playing field, the we all will see it in higher ticket prices.
Hey, welcome to how our federal government operates. In the land of stupid.
Up until about 15 years ago, the computers used for air traffic control were ancient technology.
What stops the inexpensive modernization of the ATC system is federal red tape and a management style that encourages those in charge to control their departments as though they were these little fiefdoms. "Don't rock the boat and everybody gets to retire from here"...
Up until about 15 years ago, the computers used for air traffic control were ancient technology.
What stops the inexpensive modernization of the ATC system is federal red tape and a management style that encourages those in charge to control their departments as though they were these little fiefdoms. "Don't rock the boat and everybody gets to retire from here"...
If there is something to fix, make the flight data recorder store data more than 2 hours. I'm not convinced that would really fix much, since most incidents occur on takeoff or landing. That's well within the 2 hour limit. The other thing which might help is making the "Ping" of a data recorder last more than 30 days. Still not sure that would have helped MH 370, but it might have narrowed down the search area.