Summary At least one of those in the cockpit should be a qualified pilot: EASA
PARIS (AFP) - The European Aviation Safety Agency recommended Friday that at least two people be present in the cockpit of airliners at all times, following the apparently deliberate crashing of a Germanwings flight this week.
The EASA said at least one of those in the cockpit should be a qualified pilot.
"EASA publishes today a temporary recommendation for airlines to ensure that at least two crew, including at least one qualified pilot, are in the flight crew compartment at all times of the flight," the agency said on its website.
"Airlines should re-assess the safety and security risks associated with a flight crew leaving the cockpit due to operational or physiological needs."
It said the recommendation was based on "the information currently available following the dramatic accident of the Germanwings flight 4U9525" and would be reviewed following the conclusion of French investigators.
