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Spohr says Lufthansa and Germanwings do not follow the procedure of ensuring there are always at least two people in the cockpit at any one time, as has become the norm in the US since the 9/11 attacks.
He says this is not observed in Europe, and wouldn’t have been done “by any of our competitors”.
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Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr is being asked about Lubitz’ training and psychological tests completed during the course of his time at flight school.
He says he passed all tests “with flying colours”.
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Lufthansa CEO Spohr says the captain was “following his training exemplorarily” by waiting for the plane to reach cruising height before going to the toilet, addnig that the co-pilot was equally qualified to man the A320 on his own.
True. It is not a law in the US for 2 people to be in the flight deck. It is procedural. It has more to do with how the returning pilot gains access. The procedure permits access by visual identification, while the remaining pilot can stay strapped into their duty station.