We heard so much on this thread that two crews on the flightdeck at any time was the standard in the USA and certain other carriers. However, it seems that was not completely right as
United announced yesterday that they only now move to this policy on certain types (777/787). And even on Ryanair flights the reason is not to have two crews on the flightdeck, the airline is simply too cheap to install a video system.
I work for one of those carriers that had no two crew policy. However, in case of a video system malfunction or an electrical lock malfunction of course we had to use a two crew policy to keep at least one pilot in his seat at all times. Standard backup procedure. We move now to a full time two crew policy and i really feel much safer with that 19 year old non-background checked, zero hour contract part time FA behind me...
@Smokie: no, it isn't. That report bases on some right wing extremist blog in germany.