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Why exactly is having an exact record of what you said more of a problem than notes?
by wbl 4y ago
Why exactly is having an exact record of what you said more of a problem than notes?
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- Spooky23 4y agoThe point of an NTSB inquiry is full disclosure. It’s hard to do that on record with a Fed because some zealous prosecutor can twist statements into some sort of felony.
- kmeisthax 4y agoBecause exact recordings are better than human memory. The pilot will be subconsciously changing their own memories slightly to fit a better narrative. This is just what human memory does and you can't turn it off. These changes aren't particularly egregious unless you are consciously lying, but the legal definition of perjury does not care. With written notes, those are going to be summarized in a way that adds doubt to any small discrepancies that might result from a pilot misremembering things. An exact recording makes it 100% clear that the pilot is doing that, which could be turned into a legal argument against them.
- capitainenemo 4y agoInteresting. I've read the exact opposite for FBI notes-only. That the FBI can more easily selectively edit than an exact recording.
- wbl 4y agohttps://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1747-elements-perjury-specific-intent https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual... this is literally the manual for prosecutors saying the opposite.