I am of the opinion that if anyone wants to bring down an airliner bad enough, they will succeed. It doesn't matter then if there is an FA in the cockpit or not. However, I also don't really see much of an additional risk of having the cockpit door open a few seconds more for an FA to step inside. If we are what we claim to be, professional pilots, it should not make a difference if there is an FA in the cockpit. However, if we are instead some juvenile flyboys who get distracted by a hot piece of *ss (male or female
) then I suppose that is a bigger risk than the actual rule itself.
All in all, just follow whatever SOP your company has decided on and focus on bigger issues than this crap
.