121.723 Security of the flight crew
(1)
Resist penetration by small
arms fire and grenade shrapnel, and to resist forcible intrusions by
unauthorized persons.
(2) Shall be capable of being locked and unlocked from either pilot's station and operable from flightdeck only; and
(3) Shall be provided by means to monitor from the flight deck side of the door the area outside the flight crew compartment to identify persons requesting entry and to detect suspicious behaviour or potential threat.
(c) From 1
November 2003, no air carrier may operate passenger carrying category airplanes
in paragraph (b) above unless the air carrier has procedures, in place that are
acceptable to the Egyptian civil aviation authority to prevent access to the flightdeck
except as authorized s follows:
(1)
No person other than a person
who is assigned to perform duty on the
flight deck may have a key to the flight deck door that will provide access to
the flightdeck.
(2)
Except when it is necessary to
permit access and egress by persons authorized in accordance with
paragraph(C)(3) of this section, a pilot in command of an airplane that has a
lockable flight deck door in accordance with 121.538(a) and that is carrying
passengers shall ensure that the door separating the flight crew compartment from
the passenger compartment is closed and
locked at all times when the airplane is being operated; and
(3)
No person may admit any person
to the flight deck of an airplane unless the person being admitted is:
(i) A
crewmember,
(ii) An inspector
of the civil aviation authority responsible for flight safety.
(d) All passenger-carrying aerplanes of maximum certificate take-off mass of 45500 kg or less or with a passenger seating capacity of 60 or less should be equipped with an approved flight crew compartment door, where practicable, that is designed to resist penetration by small arms fire and grenade shrapnel, and to resist forcible intrusions by unauthorized persons. This door should by:
(1)
Capable of being locked and
unlocked from either pilot's station.
(2)
Closed and locked from the
time all doors are closed following embarkation until any such door is opened
for disembarkation, except when necessary to permit access and egress by
authorized person; and
(3) Means should be provided for monitoring from either pilot's the entire door area outside the flight crew compartment to identify persons requesting entry and to detect suspicious behavior potential threat.