The National Transportation Safety Board released several recommendations earlier this week, stemming from the crash of the plane that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens and four others.
That plane was not carrying a flight data recorder, and the NTSB has now recommended that all turbine-powered planes be outfitted with one.
But some pilots don't like that idea, especially for financial reasons.
Dan Bale flies planes for Trail Ridge Air, and he also flies turbine-powered aircraft. He says he's worried that the recommendation might trickle down to smaller aircraft, and he says that could ruin his business at Trail Ridge Air.
He says installing one of those recorders could translate to a cost increase of up to $20 per hour.
Bale also commented about something else the Stevens NTSB report noted -- that the Terrain Awareness and Warning System that sounds an audible and voice alert when getting close to land, was turned off.
"I fly some airplanes that have those warnings in them and they work," Bale said. "But after you hear it about the third or fourth time because you're making a landing between some mountains, you're tired of it and you turn it off, because everybody in the back is looking out the windows saying oh my God, 'terrain,' and you look out the windows wondering when we're going to hit it."
Bale says he also considers the data recorders an invasion of privacy.
