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The crew makes a lot of decisions on safety matters, that's basically the most important part of the job :-) But joking aside, in most places there are checks
by t0mas88 3y ago
The crew makes a lot of decisions on safety matters, that's basically the most important part of the job :-)
But joking aside, in most places there are checks and balances between privacy impact and benefit. We all accept that some government agencies know some of our data, because the net benefit to society is bigger than the loss of privacy. And you would normally try to do such things in the least invasive way possible while achieving the benefit.
Where you go wrong in your passenger rant, is in assuming there is a big safety benefit in more recording of pilots. There were a total of 2 fatalities on US airlines in the last 10 years [1], while billions of passengers were transported. The safety record of airline transport is stellar, without more recording. So yes, I believe it is very reasonable to consider what is and isn't acceptable to the crew being recorded.
[1] https://www.airlines.org/dataset/safety-record-of-u-s-air-carriers/ https://www.airlines.org/dataset/safety-record-of-u-s-air-ca...
- mcculley 3y agoPassenger rant? If ICAO can require keeping 25 hours why should a crew get to choose 2?
- CaptainZapp 3y agoI mostly agree with your take. Alas, I think it's ridiculous to fight a 25 hour recording requirement with the privacy argument. The recording should anyway only be retrieved under specific conditions and in a controlled environment. In this specific case the longer recording duration may have actually aided the investigation and thus further improve airline safety.
- t0mas88 3y agoAgree. My comment was responding to someone saying "Why stop at 25? Record all of every flight and archive it." There is also more nuance to the debate around the 25 hours change. Like you say it should only be used under specific conditions and in a controlled environment, but in the US unfortunately recordings have been leaked and have been used for disciplinary purposes instead of a blame-less investigation for safety. Europe has had rules for 25 hour recording since 2021, as far as I know without any opposition. But European recordings have also not been misused before.