From: rabbitsfriendsandrelations@notcoldmail.com   
      
   Government Shill #2 wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:39:01 -0700 (PDT), "alanryder@aol.com"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >If this has been addressed before I apologize. With all the   
   > >sophisticated electronics on a plane, can't the black box data just be   
   > >transmitted as it's occurring to a central processing station?   
   > >Wouldn't this be a viable solution to investigate crashes, and allow   
   > >new safety measures to be put in place faster? Why can't something   
   > >like this be implemented? Isn't the data digital? If not, could it be?   
   > >It would seem an easier, faster, more efficient method than all the   
   > >time and manpower and expense needed to find these black boxes.   
   >   
   > As electronics advances this could very soon be possible, if it's not   
   > already. However, stop for a minute and consider the 10s of thousands of   
   > aircraft airborne at any given moment in time. You are talking about a   
   > *lot* of data. Data that no one cares about, except in extremely rare   
   > circumstances.   
   >   
   > Up till the end of March 2009 there were 2,317,500 domestic and   
   > international airline flights on U.S. Airlines alone.   
   > http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2009/bts029_09/html/bts029_09.html   
   >   
   > Up till the end of April 2009 there were 25 accidents and 3 fatalities on   
   > US civil air carriers.   
   > http://www.ntsb.gov/AVIATION/curr_mo.TXT   
      
   OTOH it may solve the few remaining mysteries and reduce crash investigation   
   time. Also, the 'black boxes' do not always survive or contain retrievable   
   data. In this case they may never be recovered. The CVR would doubtless be   
   especially invaluable as to the crew's thinking.   
      
   Still at Pilatus btw Craig ? The .ch headers suggest so. How's it going ?   
      
   Graham   
      
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