More Airlines Promise to Require Two Crew Members in Cockpit at All Times
Skift Take
This is a knee-jerk reaction we can fully support.
Airlines and officials around the world on Thursday began requiring two crew members to always be present in the cockpit, after details emerged that the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 had apparently locked himself in the cockpit and deliberated crashed the plane into the mountains below.
Leading European budget airlines Norwegian Air Shuttle and EasyJet, along with Air Canada, say they will now require a minimum of two crew members in the cockpit while a plane is in the air.
A group representing Germany's biggest airlines, including Lufthansa and Air Berlin, say th
