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The "fix" for the issues that the Germanwings tragedy laid bare was a "2-person policy": if one of the pilots has to leave the cockpit, another member of the cr
by piquadrat 9y ago
The "fix" for the issues that the Germanwings tragedy laid bare was a "2-person policy": if one of the pilots has to leave the cockpit, another member of the crew will take their place. But this introduced new problems, e.g. the time that the cockpit door needed to be open increased considerably, creating new opportunities for forcibly entering the cockpit. Many airlines are in the process of rolling back this policy.
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2017/04/30/two-person-cockpit-rule-abolished/ http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2017/04/30/two-person...
- FabHK 9y agoBy way of background, US airlines apparently always had the 2-person policy (after 9/11). But the reason was, from what I understand, that one person had to get up to the door to look through a peephole to authenticate the pilot requesting access back in. European airlines, by contrast, had a monitor in view of the pilots, so they could authenticate visually from their seat. In the wake of the GermanWings tragedy, they were chastised for not having the 2-person policy, introduced it (partially under the pressure of media and the public, in my opinion, and because "you've gotta do someting!!!1!!"), and now, as this has faded from public attention, they revert to their original (entirely sensible) policy.