The Civil Aeronautics Administration is considering reinstating a rule requiring that two people be in the cockpits of Taiwanese airliners at all times.
The comment came after the crash of Germanwings flight 9525. The flight crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 people on board. It later emerged that the co-pilot locked the captain out of the cockpit and may have deliberately crashed the jetliner.
Following the revelations, many airlines have changed rules to require that two crew members be in the cockpit at all times. This means that if one pilot leaves the cockpit to use the lavatory, another member of the crew, such as a flight attendant, must take his or her place in the cockpit.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration says that Taiwan followed the two-person rule before the 9/11 attacks. After the 9/11 attacks, airlines fortified cockpit doors so that not even weapons can penetrate them.
The administration says that China Airlines is the only Taiwan-based airline that has continued to require that two crew members be in the cockpit throughout the durations of a flight. But the administration also says it may start requiring other airlines to adopt such a rule as well.