NTSB and voice recorders

[Windsor]

Also keep in mind the NTSB doesn't own the CVR/FDR until a defined accident. Your company owns the information and they can access it anytime they want.

So I wouln't be worried about the NTSB. What I'd be worried about is a pax or fellow crewmember raising some kind of flag causing the company to listen to their black box.

I believe that British Airways have a "black box" that the pilots turn into the company after every trip. They really have to watch what they say and do.

 

[Muppets]

Hey Rez....I hope I never fly with you, you sound like a true "bang-clicker".....did you honestly say "act like my mom was in the jumpseat"??? Wow, i think Utah is missing one of their Mormons.

 

[~~~^~~~]

Also keep in mind the NTSB doesn't own the CVR/FDR until a defined accident. Your company owns the information and they can access it anytime they want.

So I wouln't be worried about the NTSB. What I'd be worried about is a pax or fellow crewmember raising some kind of flag causing the company to listen to their black box.

Exactly - excellent point.

 

[FlySacto]

I know the "test" button on our CVR's work. I really wonder what the "erase" button does...

 

[Mike man]

I'm pretty sure that the recordings are stolen and released without approval from the NTSB. I know for a fact that the NTSB only issues the written transcript.

 

[pilotdiscretion]

I'm pretty sure that the recordings are stolen and released without approval from the NTSB. I know for a fact that the NTSB only issues the written transcript.

I have been in the room that the NTSB uses to transcribe CVR recordings.

The audio is only played through headsets and never speakers.

The room is sterile. The only paper you take in is given to you by the NTSB and is collected when you walk out. You can't leave with personal notes to give the media.

The walls are made from some sort of special CIA type material that prevents radio transmissions so nobody can transmit out and nobody can spy into the room.

During an investigation the tapes are stored in a vault that very few people have access to.

The audio does not leak from the NTSB during an investigation. Never has and never will since the new laws went into effect.