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Originally Posted by Mutt
like others have said there's really no 100% way to prevent this - same way there's no way to stop a crazy person from driving their car into a crowd of people.
one thought - a third ANONYMOUS pilot on every flight who sits among the passengers, pilots don't know who he is.
obviously changes will be made so that pilots can't be locked out of the cockpit area.
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The problem is that any plan which allows for an emergency pilot to get past a locked cockpit door potentially allows an Allahu Akbar type to get past that same door. Especially if it becomes general knowledge that someone with a key to the cockpit can usually be found among the passengers.
It's a catch 22.
Putting a toilet in the cockpit would seem to be the most effective remedy, but that may not be economically feasible.