My 2 cents worth as a 34 year Long Haul pilot…what would ANY non qualified person be able to do on a flight deck?
Certainly would be unable to transmit on a radio to let out a mayday, let alone tune to correct frequency….I spend hours flying around Deep South of the world CPDLC only. Tell me a Flight attendant could work out how to do that.
Fly the aeroplane? Again, where I am, no tower getting a pilot out of bed to tell you how to select LNAV, ALT HOLD, HDG SEL
Stop me or recover once I have done something bad to aeroplane?
And who was the GermanWings pilot..as one example? Previously he was…..a flight attendant.
Limit time off flight deck due being a professional adult pilot. Aircraft was designed for 2 crew ops. All other stuff is making rules for the optics, not practical nor adding to safety.