German airlines dropping two-person cockpit rule

BTN News
Sunday, 30 April 2017
With new rules in place covering pilot mental health, some German airlines are dropping the safety rules that require two people in an aircraft cockpit at all times.
In 2015, pilot Andreas Lubitz killed 150 people by crashing his Germanwings plane - apparently on purpose - after the plane's captain left to use the toilet. 
 
The German airline association BDL announced the change, which will come into effect by 1 June. It said some but not all airlines will revert to their original cockpit safety procedures.
 
The European Aviation Safety Agency, which was behind the original rule change, relaxed the requirements last year to allow individual airlines to evaluate their own safety needs.

German airlines dropping two-person cockpit rule

BTN News
Sunday, 30 April 2017
With new rules in place covering pilot mental health, some German airlines are dropping the safety rules that require two people in an aircraft cockpit at all times.
In 2015, pilot Andreas Lubitz killed 150 people by crashing his Germanwings plane - apparently on purpose - after the plane's captain left to use the toilet. 
 
The German airline association BDL announced the change, which will come into effect by 1 June. It said some but not all airlines will revert to their original cockpit safety procedures.
 
The European Aviation Safety Agency, which was behind the original rule change, relaxed the requirements last year to allow individual airlines to evaluate their own safety needs.