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AINsight: Is It Time for Cockpit Video Recorders?
Cockpit image recording systems have been a hot-button topic for more than 20 years, but the time for the FAA to require them might have arrived.

The NTSB wants them, the FAA has concerns about them, and pilot associations hate them. Cockpit image recording systems have been a hot-button topic for more than 20 years.

Now, the NTSB has renewed its position by including crash-resistant video recorders on the agency’s Most Wanted List of transportation improvements. It hopes the FAA will mandate the installation of these devices on all passenger-carrying commercial aircraft.

Stuart “Kipp” Lau
Contributor - Safety
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Pilot, safety expert, consultant, and aviation journalist Stuart “Kipp” Lau writes about flight safety and airmanship for AIN.

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