Originally Posted by
TristarJS30
Isn't that a direct violation of the FARS?
I even seem to remember an ATP written question specifically asking if cockpit voice recorders could be used in certificate or legal action.
VERY IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION:
The FARs may prohibit the use of CVR/ASAP data in FAA enforcement action.
This does NOT apply to civil or criminal law...the FARs CANNOT mandate how the outside legal system works. Only congress can do that, and then only within constitutional bounds.
I believe that even if congress legally limited the use of CVR/ASAP data, some ambulance chaser would appeal the law all the way to the supreme court...and probably win. NOTHING is more important in this country than the inalienable right of some trailer park denizen to strike it rich with a big fat plaintiff lawsuit.