Originally Posted by
jubberly
My opinion is that you need a locked cockpit door.9/11 wouldn't have happened had the cockpit's been inaccessible.
What I don't understand is why there would be a keypad to enter the cockpit if it can be overridden from within.I assume the override is there in case the pilot(s) can hear a commotion outside and might fear an FA being forced to use the keypad to gain entrance.I suspect that there has not been a single incident of an FA being forced to enter the keypad code.....so it would seem that this override presents more of a risk in having it available.It would be suicide for an FA to open the cockpit door under duress/threat and an air marshal would surely be able to prevent that............
To allow for sexcapade interruption or to address FA under duress situations? Not really. It was set up in case the remaining person(s) in the cockpit ended up incapacitated while the pilot or other allowed person was locked out in the cabin.
Most flights don't have armed guards on board. Even a large chunk of US flights don't have FAMs on duty.
It's now publicly known that cabin crew also have the access codes for the door type used by the Germanwings flight -- because it was designed to allow for access from the cabin in case of in-flight incapacitation of all persons in the cockpit.