Airlines rush to implement new cockpit rules in wake of Lubitz revelation

A day after French prosecutors revealed the Germanwings flight was deliberately crashed by a co-pilot who barricaded himself in the cockpit, airlines around the world are rushing to change their rules so as to require a second crew member at the control at all times. Airlines including Norwegian Air Shuttle, Britain’s easyJet , Air Canada, Air New Zealand and Air Berlin all said within hours that they had introduced a requirement that two crew members be in the cockpit at all times.

I don’t see any need to change our procedures here. “It was a one-off case. But we will look at it with the various experts at Lufthansa and the authorities. We shouldn’t lose ourselves in short-term measures.

Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr, who said he believed it was unnecessary to rush to a two-person rule

Not long after Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr dismissed the need for a two-person rule, Germany’s aviation association BDL said all airlines in the country – including Lufthansa – had agreed to discuss such rule changes. Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd and Singapore Airlines Ltd said they have strict, multi-layered systems in place to protect the cockpit but declined to comment further.

World Lufthansa