[QUOTE=Murexway;10222587]The ultimate problem is that of "trusted" individuals who go rogue.
There’s not much you can do about a Germanwings or an Air Botswana. Nor indeed the Skywest guy. How come I’ve never seen this?
Poor plane. When pilots go rogue, well, thankfully that is an extremely, I say again, extremely rare occurrence. Which doesn’t pertain to this incident. But biggish stuff does get stolen. It’s not as unprecedented as you’d think.
Theres the Citation:
Stolen Citation Pilot Indicted On Grand Theft Charge | Aero-News Network
And the (LOL) Gulfstream:
https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/me..._19960523.html
And the 727:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003..._disappearance
As well as various little plane incidents such as this one:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...-be-shot-down/
Notable because it sounds like this guy was in the same “head space” as Rich might have been. He didn’t think it through. Just “OK, I got this far and nobody stopped me....” But back to Germanwings, would it have happened if there was a flight deck toilet? What would have been the business case for it have been? What would the 2 extra seats worth of space have “cost”? Could they have built a flight deck toilet for free from the bits of Airbus that they picked up in the Alps? What was the business case for that? So how do we “fix” a “problem” that is very infrequent in a way that isn’t a PITA to all of us? Bearing in mind that this isn’t about crazy crew, it’s about opportunistic joyriding. And, you know, sometimes GA got there years before the “heavy iron” did. I’ve done/do both. Try ForeFlight and then go back your black screen and pink line. Maybe the $13.95 idea has some merit?