Originally Posted by
Officer Kite
I asked this as a genuine question, regarding the 2 person flight deck rule, are there protections against this happening or ?
That is the ENTIRE point - there is NO protection if a pilot has ill intent. Period...end of story!
You can sit a person behind a pilot while the other is out of the flight deck and they will have no ability to stop anything. The pilot, with the flick of his wrist can have the aircraft inverted before anyone can interfere. Hell, you could have a gun pointed at his head and there would still be enough time to get the aircraft upside down.
By adding cabin crew, who have no training and very likely less security vetting, you in fact increase the threat. The entire policy was nothing more than optics to keep the public happy. If it was truly a serious concern then ALL cockpits would become 3 pilot workplaces. But that's expensive and there is no will to spend that kind of money. Even then it would be no guarantee.