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 duration from 2 to 25 hours, following a safety summit and NTSB recommendations after critical data was overwritten in recent incidents.
This proposed change is supported by major airlines but faces opposition from pilot unions who express significant privacy concerns regarding the potential misuse or public release of cockpit recordings.
The FAA will also establish an Aviation Rulemaking Committee to explore greater use of data gathered by aircraft systems for enhanced flight-data monitoring and overall safety.

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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.”