As we move towards an era of diverging job
functions assigned to cabin crew and flight crew, a single barrier that
catalyses this divide is the cockpit door.
Increasingly, this door has served to alienate and undermine the bonding
that existed between the two sets of operating crew on board. During pre-flight
briefing we go through the motions of communication and cockpit access protocol
during normal and conditions where security of the cabin is breached.