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>>>>Some 10 minutes later, the captain managed to open the cockpit security door using an emergency code. He had completed training for such an eventuality a month beforehand.

This is the last paragraph of the article, yet so much is left unsaid

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Yikes!. After the Germanwings incident where the copilot crashed the plane; I thought at least 2 people were supposed to be in the cockpit at all times.

Im that case, the pilot tried opening the doornwith the emergency code, but the copilot kept overriding it :(

Why would they remove that rule?

European standards are lower when it comes to piloting. The plane itself is higher standard, the piloting is lower. They are the one with mental health problem even though USA is world famous for going postal. Ryanair? You pay what you get for. Most Europeans fly Airbus which is mostly automatic in design. Boeing in America is different. You can see that reduce the pilot skillset for automation comfort. But wherever you fly each regions have their pros and cons. That is why we need C919 to be successful to reduce Airbus and Boeing dominance.

Probably because that rule causes more issues than it solves. Adding more mindless security theater isn't always how you improve safety.

Pilot/union pressure IIRC

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