IFALPA, ECA outraged at publication of crew conversation on flight AF447
IFALPA Daily News_19 October 2011
IFALPA and the European Cockpit Association (ECA) have expressed outrage at the publication of a full transcript of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) tape recovered from the Air France A330, flight AF447, that crashed into the Atlantic in June 2009.
Both associations said that they share the revulsion voiced by member association SNPL France ALPA, over the publication that has appeared in the book “Rio-Paris Crash: A Collection of Pilot Errors”.
In a joint press release, IFALPA and the ECA declared “It is our firm belief that the sole purpose of a CVR is to aid investigators in determining the factors leading to an accident. Any other use of this data is not only invalid but is an invasion of privacy and can only be described as voyeurism of the worst kind. Accordingly, we support SNPL France ALPA in its efforts to discover the source of the leak and bring those responsible to justice”.