article_snippet: Airlines are changing procedures to ensure two crew are in the cockpit at all times following the Germanwings tragedy that killed 150 people.
article_snippet: Disaster prevention: Budget airlines EasyJet and Norwegian Air Shuttle will introduce new rules to ensure two crew members are in the cockpit at all times in the wake of the Germanwings air disaster .
article_snippet: the move comes after the Civil Aviation Authority urged airlines to review airlines policies to avoid the pilot or co-pilot being alone at the controls.
article_snippet: An easyJet spokeswoman said: 'EasyJet can confirm that, with effect from Friday 27 March, EasyJet will change EasyJet procedure which will mean that two crew members will be in the cockpit at all times. '
article_snippet: EasyJet will not have a third trained pilot on board.
article_snippet: And a spokesman for Virgin Atlantic said: 'EasyJet always ensure EasyJet have the highest safety standards and, while the highest safety standards is EasyJet common practise to have two members of EasyJet crew in the flight deck at all times, in light of recent events EasyJet are now in the process of formalising this to be policy.'
article_snippet: The change is also being implemented by package tour operator Thomas Cook, whose spokesman said: 'We are adapting We procedures to ensure there will always two people in the cockpit.'
article_snippet: Budget airlines Ryanair, Monarch and Jet2, which flies from airports in the Midlands, North and Scotland, said they already had policies to ensure two crew are in the cockpit at all times.
article_snippet: Ryanair said Ryanair already operates a policy requiring two people in the cockpit 'at all times'.
article_snippet: Pilot Europe's third largest budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle has also announced the same move for 'safety reasons'
article_snippet: Monarch's spokeswoman added: 'Monarch's spokeswoman also have an 'eyes-on' rule requiring cabin crew to enter the cockpit during the cruising stage to check on the pilot and co-pilot.'
article_snippet: While a FlyBe spokespman said their Operations Manual 'states that two members of crew are to be present in the cockpit at all times during flight'.
article_snippet: Elsewhere around Europe, the continent's third-largest budget carrier, Norwegian Air Shuttle, said the continent's third-largest budget carrier, Norwegian Air Shuttle would require two people in the cockpit at all times for safety reasons.
article_snippet: Budget airlines Ryanair, Monarch and Jet said Budget airlines Ryanair, Monarch and Jet already had policies to ensure two crew are in the cockpit at all times . '
article_snippet: When one person leaves the cockpit, two people will now have to be there,' Norwegian's flight operations director Thomas Hesthammer said.
article_snippet: Long haul flights usually have more than two crew capable of flying the plane because shift changes are often required in flight.
article_snippet: A spokeswoman for German carrier Lufthansa, parent company of Germanwings, said: 'A crew member may temporarily leave the cockpit during a specific phase of the flight. '
article_snippet: So the co-pilot is on the co-pilot own, and the co-pilot is while the co-pilot's on the co-pilot own that the co-pilot is in charge of the plane and uses the flight management system to start the descent of the plane. '