[Toaster]

Hello folks,
There is a way. A modification of the aircraft as follows would greatly help:

1. Redesign the aircraft so that there is no "flight deck to passenger access".
In this, the flight crew would only be able to access the aircraft from the outside of the aircraft.

2.Arrainge an "auto pilot" where the aircraft can be flown via ground direction should the flight crew become incapacitated for whatever reason.
In this, the aircraft is "flown by wire" via ground control and cannot be overridden without several means of identification *and* direct contact with ground control.

3. Train the in cabin personell (flight attendants) on "how" to identify possible trouble areas and report them to the flight crew. Another possibility would be a "knockout" gas to imobilize all in the cabin and land the aircraft at the first available runway.

(suggestion 2 would be a panic button affair)

The flight crew would be sealed within a self contained area in which all the normal needs are met which includes a small opening to exchange documents and the like that can be sealed or even purged on command. This opening would not be directly into the flight deck but rather a small area that is transferred to the flight deck after visual inspection by the flight crew.


In the ways above, the flight crew would be powerless and incapable of entering the cabin for whatever reasons.