Is a flight deck door security camera required?
I have this information from the SAFA checklist: -
From 1 November 2003, all passenger-carrying aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 45 500 kg or with a passenger seating capacity greater than 60 shall be equipped with an approved flight
crew compartment door that is designed to resist penetration by small arms fire and grenade shrapnel, and to resist forcible intrusions by unauthorized persons. This door shall be capable of being locked and unlocked from either pilot's station.
In all aeroplanes which are equipped with a flight crew compartment door in accordance with 13.2.2:
b) means shall be provided for monitoring from either pilot's station the entire door area outside the flight crew compartment to identify persons requesting entry and to detect suspicious behaviour or potential threat.
Now at my present company, we have the door but no camera system.
The only way to view the door entry area would be to get up out of the seat and use the viewing hole.
Is this legal? Are any other operators facing this problem of the door but no viewing system?
PT6A