FAA Proposes Extending Cockpit Voice Recording to 25 Hours

The NTSB's top official called on the FAA to extend CVR capability beyond the two-hour requirement.

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 03:25 PM ET

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FAA is launching a rulemaking process to extend cockpit voice recorders (CVR) to capture 25 hours of information. [Credit: Pixabay]

Key Takeaways:

The FAA is initiating a rulemaking process to extend cockpit voice recorder (CVR) capture from the current two hours to 25 hours of information.
This decision follows a recent FAA safety summit and persistent recommendations from the NTSB, which cited numerous incidents where the two-hour CVR limit hindered accident investigations.
While supported by groups like Airlines for America for improving safety analysis, the change faces concerns from pilot unions, such as ALPA, regarding pilot privacy and potential misuse of the extended recording data.

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FAA is launching a rulemaking process to extend cockpit voice recorders (CVR) to capture 25 hours of information, the agency has announced.

“We are initiating rulemaking that will require cockpit voice recorders to capture 25 hours of information,” FAA said in a March 16 statement. “We will also establish an Aviation Rulemaking Committee to explore how to make greater use of data gathered by the airplane and its systems, including expanded flight-data monitoring. We welcome any tools or resources Congress wants to provide to help us do this expeditiously.”