Cameras haven't been mandated in airline cockpits, so don't expect them to be mandated for gliders. It's obvious that a rule like that would be enacted to protect the public on airliners long before our miniscule risk to the public is considered.The FAA won't touch it any more than they would require cameras in training aircraft, which do thousands more operations each day than we do in gliders.

Looking for data, the latest I found was for 2015 where there were 378 GA fatalities. Our losses in the glider community just don't reach a threshold that would trigger any action by the FAA like requiring cameras or pseudo-flight recorders (hardened loggers.) Any changes will be voluntary on our part.

Insurance companies could offer discount incentives for better recorders or cameras, but it would be completely voluntary. The pushback reasons are obvious...

Paul A.