Ifalpa Stands Firm Against Cockpit Video
Airborne image recording would not add anything significant to an accident investigation, the association believes.

The Montreal-based International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (Ifalpa) released a position paper last week confirming the association’s continued strong opposition to the use of cockpit airborne video recording systems on transport aircraft. Ifalpa said that while it strongly supports safety improvement initiatives, airborne image recording (AIR) would not add anything significant to an accident investigation because visual data is always subject to misinterpretation, a position it says is supported by a UK CAA study.