Originally Posted by
BluSdUp
Just my two euroCent worth:
In a flightdeck without a cabin camera ( if that is what it is called), I feel it is unsafe without a CA in the flightdeck during breaks.
How am I suppose to check visually the reentering FO?
Not getting out of my seat!
Just saying.
I believe EASA rules require in that case the two person rule, dito in case of inop cameras of course, or an inop door lock which requires using the deadbolt on the door (if you have a door equipped with that). But those are edge cases, almost all airlines (with the huge exception of ryanair of course) in europe use camera systems, many of them display the camera pictures in the primary field of view on one of the main screens (lower DU for the 737, SD for the A320 for example). Only those that pay only lip service to safety do use the rather clumsy version with a monitor behind the pilots which indeed lets one question if it is indeed safe to have only one pilot in the flight deck if IDing the one entering by turning around preventing any flight instrument or even window check while checking the monitor.