Originally Posted by
Waterhorse
Unless the second person was a trained pilot, qualified on type and sat in the seat then two people on the flight deck does not reduce the risk of death by pilot suicide one iota.. The policies on mental health welfare are far more relevant. With all due respect the two person rule was a knee jerk reaction made by non pilots who completely failed to grasp the reality of the situation.
I do like two in the cockpit for other health reasons- I've seen someone who was reportedly totally asymptomatic drop dead from a brain aneurism about 5 meters away from me so as long as policy is for locked cockpit doors while a plane is in motion, I want a second person who can make it easy for the pilot in the loo to get back in a cockpit in the very very unlikely event that the person at the controls of the plane has a sudden catastrophic health event.