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Plans to Upgrade Recorders Stir Controversy

Steve Scott

Monday, August 1st, 2005

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Cost and need questioned by industry Letters from four congressman urging installation of ejectable cockpit voice and flight data recorders (CVR/FDR) represent an unusual submission to the docket regarding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposals to upgrade recorder technology. Normally, submissions to the docket are from industry, but in this case the congressmen weighed in on a concept on which the FAA said it is seeking additional information. The lawmakers claim there is adequate information at hand to justify equipping the…

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