Originally Posted by
armchairpilot94116
The ability of one pilot being able to commit suicide by taking out the whole plane, by locking out the other pilot has got to end.
My iphone5 has a fingerprint reader that allows me to use the phone. Shouldn't cockpit doors be able to be opened the same way by members of the flight crew? Short of losing your finger on your way out of the toilet, you should be able to re-enter the flight deck.
Of course if the pilot flying puts the plane into a spiral while the other one is at the loo. There's no saving the plane either.
your iphone fingerprint system was very quickly cracked as were other features of that ios release.
any way if a hijacker held a gun to your head and put your finger over the scanner bingo he is in, without the PIC authorising the entry.