So why are the UK and other authorities so obsessed with preventing "friendly forces" from occupying the jumpseat when it is patently obvious with most aircraft jumps assembled and occupied, it would be exceedingly difficult for the wild-eyed hairy-faced fundamentalists to gain access when the door is open?
But check with your chain of command when you'd like to give someone with a known pedigree a flight deck experience ride, or help some employee/relative to get from A-B when the cabin is full.
If I thought there was/is an increased threat I'd want it occupied ALL the time.
Of course following the EASA FTLs discussion we could be usefully flying schedulers and CEOs around regularly, thereby increasing the defence of the flight deck and educating the blunt end as to what it's really like?!
And then I woke up and realised it was a dream..............
