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Especially. we are here in cologne because the ceo of lufthansa will be holding a news conference in a few minutes, where we expect to potentially learn more about the copilot. exactly what sort of safety precautions they have in place for cockpit security. whether or not somebody is supposed to be blocking the doors so it doesn't close if one of the pilot's leave as are the procedures in the states or if they're different here. we know they vary from country to country and from airline to airline. we'll find out exactly what their procedures are and whether or not they're going to change in f...

>> that is a regulatory requirement here in the united states. overseas each government has their regulatory body making those decisions. i firmly believe the system we have in the united states is the way to go, if for no other reason thanks if you have a single pilot in the cockpit, i believe that pilot should be focused simply on flying the aircraft ensuring that the aircraft flight path is where it needs to be and that everything is being taken care of and having a second individual responsible for the cockpit security while the flight crew member is in the back of the airplane is the way ...

Trap line whether another pilot is having a bad day or if he's got some nefarious intent. that takes a personality study, a character study, and while you can do psychological testing when you first employ a pilot, you don't have the oversights you don't have the filters to be able to monitor that. it's very subjective. we saw with that jetblue. two plus years ago we had a captain who showed up to work and started rambling nonsense to a first officer who was a student when he was left the cockpit to lock the door and divert. who knew that day that cap an was going to show up for work and do wh...

And flown into the world trade center on september 11th. ellen is advocating for changes in cockpit security to congress. and she's joining me now. i reference what the malaysians are saying, that they don't want someone in there alone. with regard to our airlines, what is it you think we still need to do? >> we need to make sure that a breach of the cockpit can't happen. right now what we have is is an fortified door. that cockpit door locks and there's no one can get into there. on september 11th the cockpit is commandeered and we have an aircraft used as a weapon of mass destruction. >> pos...

Malaysia airlines is they're not waiting for the end result. here's why they typically do wait for the end result. because if they say we're making these changes now, it could put them in a liable situation. they're going to say, you knew you had a problem and you're admitting to it. later, it could be thrown back in their face. you knew you had the vulnerability and you took action on it. a lot of airlines will wait until the end report, react to the end report or even wait for the faa or someone to force them to do it so they're not saying we knew about it and tried to take action. i'm reall...