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To that particular serial number aircraft although it is to serial number aircraft on either side of it. so that's the only other thing as far as information that we have right now, the air speed indicators were different than what the other aircraft were in that area that may mean that a lot of different things could indicate that there was a headwind in that year or that it was in the middle of its climb. there are many factors and people are trying to fit those together. >> is it possible that the acar system that reports what the aircraft is doing, we know from the investigation of malaysi...

Can be done by adsb. >> that's the essence of the problem for tracking the plane. we are talking about the actions of the pilot, not the tracking of the airplane. >> the actions of the pilot can be derived from the fdr and cbr. we have been using the system for years and it's not really broken. it's the fact we can't find the plane is the single point of failure. we can't do that because transponders can be turned off. we can solve that problem pretty quickly. >> go ahead, jeff wise. >> listen, don, i'm sympathetic to what you are saying. we all have cameras on us all the time. you know who do...

To cnn. if i walk in the building if i'm late, they can use it for disciplinary actions. that's no different than any other profession. michael kay, why is it so different for pilots? the director of the show, the audio track, which the director talks to me it is recorded. >> don, cameras are not the essence of the issue. they are quicker fixes. the time, money and resource to do what you are indicating we should do. >> we're not saying that there aren't other fixes. hear me out. we're not saying there aren't other fixes. we're trying to figure out why pilots are so opposed to this particular ...

Something to point out, too, this aircraft did have communication. we did have the way to track it. what happened was that the transponder was turned off. if the transponder had stayed on, we'd still have tracking information. it was either turned off or it failed or there was something that took it out. i think there's something overlooked. yes, i believe streaming data needs to happen, constant surveillance needs to happen. but that's also part of the next gen program coming up with the faa in that the adsb in and out would provide information to all the aircraft around a certain area that w...

Control system of next gen, the key technology behind it is adsb. as you pointed out it involves planes carrying gps equipment. they are determining their position by satellite and then through ground-based radio transmitters are able to communicate that informationing to air traffic controllers. it's a very sophisticated advanced system. it will go a long way toward improving air safety in the united states. would it have changed the situation with mh-370. why? because mh-370 already had it on board. in fact, if you had gone to a -- one of these airline tracking websites in the aftermath of t...