Originally Posted by
JDiver
This will be the true memorial to the crew and passengers, IMO. And some changes will come to commercial aviation - perhaps longhaul flights will require items like the "Swift" upgrade to ACARS that provides live ACARS data is transmitted, instead of MH's decision to save $10.90 per flight by allowing them to download the data to a USB thumb drive at the end of the flight; perhaps OK for local and regional flights, but perhaps not so OK for any, say, ETOPS type routing.
This is why *some* government and international regulations will always be required; the urge to cut safety in order to boost profits is huge, especially if some of the safety measures are seen as almost never needed. It only takes one incident like this to tarnish an airline's reputation.