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Safety Board Urges Deployment Of Cockpit Image Recorders

Steve Scott

Monday, August 2nd, 2004

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One date already has come and passed since the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urged the installation four years ago of cockpit video recorders, and another is fast approaching. At a symposium hosted by the board last week to apply pressure for action on its unrequited recommendations for video recorders, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official conceded that the laborious eight-step process to put the recommendations into effect has not even begun. To use a Vietnam War metaphor, there is…

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