04-04-2015, 06:42 PM
^ I think most European airlines will make some changes, Duchess. A couple of them have already.
Two people in the cockpit at all times won't mean there's no possibility for future pilot sabotage, that's true. But, I think it does reduce the risk.
If he'd never been left alone at the controls, it would have been more difficult for Lubitz to crash the plane, in my opinion. He still might have gone for it, but personally I think he would have been much less likely to succeed.
Being alone in that cockpit, he faced no challenge or resistance whatsoever. He just switched the cockpit lock button and piloted everyone to their deaths.
Two people in the cockpit at all times won't mean there's no possibility for future pilot sabotage, that's true. But, I think it does reduce the risk.
If he'd never been left alone at the controls, it would have been more difficult for Lubitz to crash the plane, in my opinion. He still might have gone for it, but personally I think he would have been much less likely to succeed.
Being alone in that cockpit, he faced no challenge or resistance whatsoever. He just switched the cockpit lock button and piloted everyone to their deaths.