Originally Posted by
GUWonder
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.
You misunderstood me...I wasn't questioning the use of a keypad(this is an essential),I was questioning the option of an over-ride of the keypad.If there is a keypad,it doesn't make sense to have an over-ride as it renders the keypad as useless.