Originally Posted by
Lookleft
I recall something similar on an Air India flight. Cockpit doors should be modified so that each pilot has a key that they can use to enter the flight deck. When the hardened cockpit door was first developed no one would imagine that the electronic lock would be used to deny access to the other pilot.
The problem with a “key” would be they would have to be very generic keys. One key fits the whole fleet type of thing. Otherwise you are going to be running into delayed and cancelled departures daily due to a lost key!