For the few who may be interested and in light of the recent air disaster, I wrote to Air Malta yesterday to clarify the company's policy.
I received this response before it was published in the press:.......................
The devastating airline incident this week has sparked a discussion around the world about how crew policies can be improved to enhance passenger safety.
Air Malta is committed to continually improving its safety policies and maintaining its impeccable safety record. In light of this, we have decided with immediate effect, to make it compulsory to have two crew members in the cockpit at all
times. This measure complements our other security procedures already in place.
Of course the risk of this type of disaster being repeated is minimal.