An incredibly sad situation and far beyond what we expected. [removed line that even in jest is liable for misunderstanding] it's pretty shocking how quickly they were able to come to the conclusion of pilot suicide with confidence.

Logically I am sure they will mandate the two people in the cockpit at any given time, curious to see if they take it a step further and mandate flight deck door open (with beverage cart/secondary gate blocking passenger cabin access during that time) when one of the pilots is out. The situation is so fringe compared to the likelihood of a hijacking, and if the two person rule is adhered to, likely of no extra utility compared to the two person rule.

Earlier articles that named the younger copilot seemed to indicate he was living his dream. I wonder what motive the pilot had - impulsive suicide? Mental illness? Monetary (e.g. FedEx Flight 705, even in 1994 the payout for death on the job as a crew member was $2.5 life insurance, so one Fedex employee deadheaded and attempted to hijack the plane)?