Cockpit Door Penetration
The following Rule has been in force in EASA from 14th May 2015. (EU) 2015/640, Annex 1, aka Part 26, of 23 April 2015, for those who like the detail.)
26.250 Flight crew compartment door operating systems — single incapacitation
Operators of large aeroplanes used in commercial air transport shall ensure that flight crew compartment door operating systems, where installed, be provided with alternate opening means in order to facilitate access by cabin crew members into the flight crew compartment in the case of a single flight crew member incapacitation.
I has seemed to me since this was issued that it invalidates the whole point of an impenetrable cockpit door.
Here we are, nearly a year later. Has the Rule been followed? Has any EASA National Authority enforced it? Germany, for example, for obvious reasons.
If PPRune has had this discussion, already, I'm sorry. I couldn't find it under various searches.
Or does it refer to single-pilot operations? I suppose it could, although due to the "Large Aeroplanes" I read it as applying to multi-crewed aircraft with only 1 person temporarily on the flight deck.