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 launching a rulemaking process to extend cockpit voice recorder (CVR) capture time from 2 to 25 hours.
This decision follows a recent safety summit and NTSB recommendations, as current CVR limits have hindered investigations into a string of recent aviation close calls.
Alongside the CVR extension, the FAA will establish a committee to explore broader use of flight data, while pilot groups have raised concerns about data privacy and potential misuse.

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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.”