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re: Germanwings Crash: One Pilot locked out of cockpit at time of crash
Posted on 3/26/15 at 5:15 pm to The Mick
Posted on 3/26/15 at 5:15 pm to The Mick
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would hope they're constantly looking at improvements/ scenarios. Like someone said earlier, I think its protocol to always have two people in the cockpit. If a pilot needs to go to bathroom, then a flight attendant sits in until he returns. (sounds plausible, not sure if that's accurate or not though)
If one of the pilots decides to crash the plane during the take off or landing phase when the plane is at a very low altitude, there could be 10 people in the cockpit and there would be little they could do to prevent it. By the time anyone realized the plane was entering an unusual attitude it would be too late to recover given the close proximity to the ground.
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Posted on 3/27/15 at 8:02 am to EA6B
quote:That's totally separate to my point. The 2 person rule would be for situations like germanwings or if the lone pilot became ill/ heart attack/ etc someone else would be there to open the door or summon the other pilot back to the cockpit.
If one of the pilots decides to crash the plane during the take off or landing phase when the plane is at a very low altitude, there could be 10 people in the cockpit and there would be little they could do to prevent it. By the time anyone realized the plane was entering an unusual attitude it would be too late to recover given the close proximity to the ground.
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