Odysseus: Similarly, being video-monitored during flight operations may become a condition of the privilege to be an passenger airline pilot.
And video monitoring of this cockpit would have done
what to prevent the crash? In aviation we're not looking for video evidence to skewer someone. We're interested in changes to procedures which, hopefully, will prevent a repeat of the event.
Despite being low-tech, a second person in the cockpit to simply open the door is worth more than a thousand cameras to record video for the media afterward.