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exchange, they close that door and lock it again. couldn t we put lavatories in the cockpit for the flight deck so they don t need to come out? in fact some aircraft do that that. the ones that fly very long range actually do have a lavatory and/or a sleeping kpart hment inside the cockpit. that s something that takes up a lot of space, and that s not something that the irls are going to want to give up. bill d 111 says shouldn t there be more training for pilots and co-pilots? pilots go through formal and informal psychological testing all the time and there is a very strong system in place that a co-pilot or a pilot or even a flight attendant or flight engineer sees something apparent, they will report it
the cockpit to go to the lavatory or other reasons, and this is also explained during training and, of course the pilots should only leave the cockpit if stress is quite low, and this is what the pilot did. he waited for the aircraft to reach a certain height flight level. of course there was license and he was a first officer and he had a license to fly a320 airbus. [ inaudible ]. translator: i can only repeat what the french public
a flight attendant or whomever. right now he said no perhaps they would look at it and refine their position. since that news conference we have now seen three major airlines come out and announce that effective immediately or within the next few days they will require another person in the cockpit. norwegian air, easy jet out of the u.k. and just now air canada has come on board. this happened rather dramatic and rolling across the world as other airlines say we re not taking this chance anymore. from now on need to have somebody else in the cockpit if the first pilot leaves to go to the lavatory. interesting to see lufthansa not blink so far. but other european low-cost budget carriers saying they will add that extra layer of protocol. tom, thank you, sir. we want to go to the crash scene in france. nbc s claudio lavanga standing by. what s the latest on the investigation from the ground? reporter: well, we just heard
details. exactly. i m familiar with boeing products. i m sure it is similar with the airbus. there is a mechanical latch inside the cockpit. if anybody was trying to get in on a nefarious basis, you could simply mechanically lock that door and deny that person entry. there is an electronic way as well of denying into the cockpit. outside of the door more than likely the airbus has a key pad or some code or key to get into. it is probably electronic knowing how airbus is built. so this is highly unlikely. the way it generally works with most airlines that pilot goes out, goes to the lavatory gets the cup of coffee and gets on the intercom and identifies himself to the cockpit.