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Court Reporters do not need an audio recording to produce an accurate transcript. Their certification requires them to be able to track 4 voices simultaneously
by CodeWriter23 4y ago
Court Reporters do not need an audio recording to produce an accurate transcript. Their certification requires them to be able to track 4 voices simultaneously at a certain word per minute rate into their Stenograph. I do not find the pilot’s request unreasonable and the NTSB can have the interview if they drop their unnecessary requirement.
- frereubu 4y agoIf there was a risk of bias in some form of recording I could understand it, but the whole point of the audio recording is accuracy. What's confusing is the grounds for refusing - "they haven't done it before" seems a pretty weak basis. The only thing I could think of was that they're worried about the audio leaking, but then why not say that?
- CodeWriter23 4y agoThe linked opinion is an opinion piece, one person’s analysis, which does not even reprint the Pilot’s Union Statement. This article does reprint it. You might want to skim to that statement to both hear the other side and also to answer your question. https://liveandletsfly.com/american-airlines-pilots-recorded-interview/ https://liveandletsfly.com/american-airlines-pilots-recorded... But bottom line, the pilots are holding all the cards because there is no legal basis to require a recording. If the NTSB wants an interview, their only choice is to ditch the recordings. One can draw their own conclusions about why the NTSB is choosing not to interview instead.