You have to think of how god awful people are. Right now not many people read the cvr transcript. Nobody makes a big deal of it. But when video of the crash from the flightdeck makes it to social media, people will hunt down the pilots family and make life difficult. Video is an awful idea in that regard.
This is one area where data gathering can cross a line.
Meh, I'll believe it when I see it. All the names are usually public already, if this didn't already periodically happen, I'd be surprised.
You can see who the pilot was, and when the NTSB says, "pilot error" I doubt it's any better for the pilots' families. Hell, I have listened to audio of guys screaming bloody murder (rightfully so) before impact on this very site, I don't think footage changes much.
Also, I reject the idea that "people are god awful." The vast majority of people I've worked with, met, and otherwise interacted with are fantastic. I reject that on principle alone. People are pretty great.
This absolutely should never be used for FOQA. That should purely be from the airplane gates and triggers.
hard disagree - FOQA is a great application. We could actually, you know, see why people are screwing up. Context is good, and more context is better. Hard to actually know how •ed up a policy change is without contextual data - camera footage gives you exactly that.
I oppose it being used punitively, but to make the cockpit safer? I'm here for it.
I wonder how many times a year guys call "field in sight" at minimums on the go-home leg when they don't see a thing. I have seen this happen a time or two... granted I was operating in a different world, but I would bet it happens everywhere, even a small percentage.
Similarly, I'd bet a lot of discrepancies get ignored that would be impossible to ignore if there was footage. That could be good.
I don't know, I imagine this is exactly what people were worried about when CVRs came out (I could be wrong), and low and behold, well, now that's a cornerstone of aviation safety.