In 1992 (I was 31 years back then), flying back to Germany with Qantas, I asked if could see the cockpit. I was invited in towards the end of the flight, placed on the jump seat, and provided with a headset. To my HUGE astonishment and surprise, the crew allowed me to stay with them until we parked their Boing 747 at the gate at Frankfurt airport. I.e. I was in the cockpit during descent and landing, something I still remember until today.

@bruhitsmoh

2 жыл бұрын

Damnn they used to allow then ayy

@JoshyCC

2 жыл бұрын

You know all the aviation fans are absolutely jealous of you!

@Uncommon_Sense01

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

@PsRohrbaugh

2 жыл бұрын

@@bruhitsmoh Yes. Bin-Laden won, no matter what we say.

@shreeveda

2 жыл бұрын

Did you feel like becoming a Pilot yourself then? 😀

When I went to India in 2018, Me and my brother got to see the cockpit of a DHC-8q-400 after arrival. I’ll never forget the experience.

@Dansaviation

2 жыл бұрын

I was on a A320 on windrose airlines, the Ukrainian pilots were so nice.

@melodiousking4598

2 жыл бұрын

was it a spice jet flight?

@Dansaviation

2 жыл бұрын

Windrose airlines are Ukraine airlines

@seat7F

2 жыл бұрын

Wait Arya u from sun coast? Isaac btw

@seat7F

2 жыл бұрын

I think I know you

To commemorate my first Cathay Pacific flight, I requested the pilots to sign a photo of the A350-1000 I was on, after landing, that’s how I got to access the cockpit that time. Nice little chat with them about piloting the A35K and how they need to be wary when flaring the long bird on landing so as to not scrape the tail.

@b747man3

2 жыл бұрын

You're lucky. I got to visit the cockpit once, but the captain just asked me if I've ever seen a grown man naked.

A few years ago, I flew a European segment in the cockpit as business class was sold out. I worked for the airline which is the only way (I’m told) you can receive that offer. The captain kindly offered me a headset so I could listen to their comms with ATC and the tower. I was so happy with that experience and felt like I was 6 years old.

I distinctly remember as a 12 year old, flying alone to meet my snow-bird grandparents in Florida. I was on a Northwest-Orient DC-10 (or MAYBE L10-11) being invited up to the cockpit. The pilots were equally as interested in my 'disc-man' (as CD's were BRAND NEW). The pilot let me increase the speed of the aircraft! Though, after using flight simulator, I think I might have only been allowed to turn up the volume on the first officers head-set. AT THE TIME, I was as thrilled as the pilot was listening to 'Tears for Fears' on a spinning disc being read by a 'lazer'!

@Billhatestheinternet

Жыл бұрын

It would have been a DC-10. Northwest never flew the L-1011, the biggest operators in the US were TWA, Eastern, and Delta.

I remember my first flight about 6 years ago, don’t think I was older than 11. I was flying JetBlue at the time, the cockpit door was open, and as I was walking in, one of the pilots welcomed me on board and handed me a package of snacks from where he was sitting. A pleasant first flight that was.

@Sashazur

Жыл бұрын

It’s awesome that they did this, they know it’s a memory that will stick with a kid for the rest of their life.

The first time I flew was with my family in 1973. I recall my sister and I got to go into the cockpit before departure and were in awe of all of the United 727's gauges, switches, and buttons and the three pilots who knew all about them. We each got future stewardess wings afterwards, and I still have mine!

@whitemailprivilege2830

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah???

As a 6 year old I was taken to the cockpit of a Vickers Viscount by a stewardess, I remember being fascinated by all the dials and gauges, absolutely fantastic memory that stuck with me for many years. Even now I'm amazed at how on earth the pilots and flight engineers kept track of all them in a pre computer age.

@4evertrue830

2 жыл бұрын

They do not have to monitor the instruments all that much anymore The plane practically flies itself these days.

@jimfrodsham7938

2 жыл бұрын

@@4evertrue830 oh yes, I'm aware of that but not true in '54 or '55.

@Kalvinjj

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed why they had 3 (or even 4 or more) crew cockpits back in the beginning, keeping all engines running well, all systems OK and still flying the thing to the correct place is a heck of a job.

@theharper1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kalvinjj I visited the flight deck of a 707 which was a three member crew with a flight engineer. The reliability of jet engines in particular has improved vastly since those days. Going back to the Clipper seaplanes, they probably had a navigator as well.

@Kalvinjj

2 жыл бұрын

@@theharper1 Damn never had the chance to visit a cockpit sadly, must have been incredible. The DeHavilland Comet had a navigator too, some older ones had even a radio operator, it's incredible how even the radios needed someone just for that way back then. Dunno if it was the Clipper seaplanes or which aircraft was it, that a maintenance crew member could enter the wing in flight and do maintenance in the engines, in flight.

In 1963, I was 10, flying a Pan Am DC-7B from London to NY with a refueling stop at Thule AB in Greenland. The stewardess invited me up to the cockpit where I kept asking the Capt. what would happen if an engine fell off. Could we still get to an airport on 3 engines? With studied amusement, I was given a Pan Am "wings" pin and told not to worry overmuch.

@premkumar4478

2 жыл бұрын

N L

I feel totally ripped off! As a child in the 1980s I remember making several in-flight cockpit visits, but I never got to wear the Captain's hat 😥. I didn't even know it was an option

@rayanaltowayan9558

2 жыл бұрын

You didn't miss much, it's just a hat lol

@johnnyfive1412

2 жыл бұрын

You can still complain about this on your next flight and they will make it up to you. Trust me :)

@MiserableJosephson

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnyfive1412 "Excuse me captain, but the internet told me that you have to let me wear your hat..." 🤣

@johnhasty3411

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@EJofLA

2 жыл бұрын

lol

1997, Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Mumbai. I (still a kid) gathered my courage and asked if I could visit the flight deck, which we, my brother and I were allowed to. It was late in the night and we were over Karachi. It was mind blowing seeing the ground from that perspective, standing in the cockpit of the airplane of my dreams, the 747 (400). Back then I was undecided whether to become a pilot or be a visual effects artist - I picked the latter one, but never lost my fascination for aviation and often fly my rounds in MSFS. Great times!

Quick correction, it’s not always the First Officer who does the walkaround, it’s the pilot who is going to be pilot monitoring for the next flight

@Micg51

2 жыл бұрын

In the US, the only time the Captain will do the walk around is when it’s 70 and sunny

@EdOeuna

2 жыл бұрын

Where I work it’s always the Captain. At my previous airline it was always the FO.

@hmm396

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, it can be either one, whoever chooses to do it can do it

The first time I ever flew was on a Swiss Air Boeing 707 in 1968. I was going to Europe for 6 weeks with a European Study Tour sponsored by my college History Department Chair. I was helping him shoot a promotional film, another first for me, and Swiss Air gave permission for our cameraman and myself, audio tech, to ride in the cockpit to film the crew and the views out of the front window. The next first time experience was seeing the sunrise from 30,000 feet...WOW...at 19 how could one ever beat that experience?! BTW...I was so smitten with film production that I actually made it my career that lasted more than 40 years.

Never been on the flight deck BUT there used to be a captain at SAS who pre 2001 used to fly with the cockpit door open, as the story goes it was the same Captain Rasmussen who was captain flying the day of the famous Gottröra crash north of Arlanda Airport shortly after takeoff due to clear ice being ingested in the MD82s engines destroying them. I flew with him one time from Oslo to Stockholm when a rejected takeoff occurred due to an indication of an open door. Was up in business class so I saw everything through the cockpit windows. Pretty cool!

@theharper1

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like an exciting experience! I've never experienced a rejected take-off, only an aborted landing.

I remember my first-ever flight in 1997, as a 6-year old going with his parents from YYZ-MIA. During the latter half of the flight, I went into the cockpit of the Air Canada A320 I was flying on, and was able to see the views from the windows and ask questions for the pilots to answer. That spurred my interest in flying. Much more recently, I've visited some of the cockpits of my flights after landing, from a 752 in 2006, to the Queen of the Skies herself in 2015.

Back in 1989 I was able to take 6 boy scouts at a time, total of 12, up to the cockpit during a flight from Toronto To Charlottetown. The kids enjoyed the experience very much.

@bruceholmberg4927

2 жыл бұрын

On the return flight I had 40 live lobsters as carry on.

As a 787 first officer, visitors are always welcome to come have a look!

@williamwildcat

2 жыл бұрын

Very kind of you

@AS-br8si

2 жыл бұрын

Which airline?

@thatguybff

2 жыл бұрын

@@AS-br8si all

@thatguybff

2 жыл бұрын

@@AS-br8si just ask nicely

@AS-br8si

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatguybff ?

I have been in the cockpit of a few aircraft while on the ground. My favourite was the 727. However, anyone and everyone was invited up, mid flight, on a specific flight I was on in 2005. It was a DC-10 (Northwest Airlines). In addition to the "tray tables and setbacks in upright and locked position", there was an additional instruction: "all firearms are to be unloaded, placed on the floor under the seat in front of you"! As you can guess, this was a flight full of US Marines, and it was headed from March AFB, stopping through in Minneapolis and Amsterdam, on the way to Kuwait City; we were on the way to Iraq. I went up as we were over Denver. I guess the threat of the aircraft being skyjacked to go to Amman, Jordan, or to become a kamikaze was judged to be small enough, lol. High ranking officers and staff NCOs did have their 9mm sidearms loaded, just in case someone would attempt an escape. We were not allowed off in Minneapolis, and when we got to Amsterdam, we were confined to the gate area by gendarmeries packing MP5s.

I got upgraded to a business class seat on a 777 one time, I was only able to see glimpses of the cockpit since multiple ground personnel were present at the time. Still a cool sight though, no matter how little I saw.

I remember flying EVA Air (beautiful, Taiwanese airline, best I've ever been on) and flying on their 747-400s. They had economy on the top deck and I always chose those seats. I remember one time being invited to the cockpit before departure and the captain let me flip a few switches. It was a great experience.

I spend some time at the flight deck above Spain just before 9/11. My boy friend was really embarrassed that I asked the flight attendant if I could have a look. I could hear other people whisper when I walked upfront with the flight attendant. I'll never forget her pushing the curtain aside and letting me in. Fantastic!! Now some years later I'm married with the same boy friend and into flight training myself :-)

back in 2010, me and my little brother got to go into the flight deck for a photo with the pilots, it is an experience that got me into loving aviation, and is one that I will never forget.

In the mid-60s at 7 years old I was invited to the cockpit of a TWA 707 on the New York to London run. It was me, Pilot, co-Pilot, Flight Engineer, and Stewardess (in those days). I marveled at the great view and the massive amount of gauges and switches. When I started to take a step forward to get a better view hands shot out from all the adults to keep me back. Got my kids Pilot wings and kept those for quite a few years.

Having worked as an airport dispatcher, I have had the joy of entering many different cockpits, and working with many different flight crews. And I have also been dealing with many variations of the mentioned procedures. Though typically, I would coordinate with both the captain and purser during a normal turnaround. And to the degree cabin crew acted as messengers between the cockpit and ground crew, they were mostly passing on paper documents and handwritten notes.

In 1999 or 2000 when I was 7 or 8, my parents secretly asked if I could go to the cockpit of a Virgin Atlantic B747-400. A member of the cabin crew came and asked me to go with her, and my parents gestured I should. I initially thought I'd done something naughty and was being taken to get told off by the captain. You can imagine my rising joy as I was led up the stairs, through first class and straight into the cockpit where 2 smiling pilots were waiting. They showed me all the controls and briefly explained a few things, and then my dad came up behind me and lifted me up so I could see the vast sky. Such a lovely memory.

when i was 5 years old, i got the chance to see the cockpit of an CP-Air DC-8. i wanted to take pictures, but the pilot told me that i could not. it was at i think 25,000 feet and since i was so small, he put me in his lap so i could see through the windshield. great memories! that was almost 45 years ago. damn..i'm getting old!

@neilward5968

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you didn't call him Shirley !

@garykee1

2 жыл бұрын

@@neilward5968 shirley you must be joking. LOL!

Right before the pandemic, I was booked on Delta from FLL-ATL-YYZ. The ATL-YYZ flight was on the MD80 and I booked that flight for that specific reason. The pilots were super friendly and let me into the flight deck over a casual conversation. 2 months later, the MD80 was retired. So I'm glad I got to experience it at least once.

After a Virgin commuter flight, I was invited to press the "test all the alarm systems in the cockpit / prank curious and unsuspecting passengers" button after expressing an interest in aviation during deplaning. Fast forward eleven years and I'm now cabin crew! Also it's a bigger honor now to have been allowed to press that button, since I now know just how wary pilots are of letting anyone near their buttons 🤣

Years ago doing a transatlantic flight from Gatwick to Orlando i got the chance to visit the cockpit on a 747-200 complete with flight engineer. Fantastic.

In the early 80's, as a child, I was able to visit the flight deck on a Qantas 747-SP from SYD-LAX. It was a really unique and amazing experience. What a great experience it was. On several other occasions I've bene able to visit it as well. Always a great experience.

I worked on installations instructions for EFB, Electronic Flight Bags, so I have visited the flight deck of B747, B737, A320-serie, B727 and got the flight deck very well explained to me. That was a fun job.

It was January 1977 when I was invited into the cockpit of a 747. I was 13. I was blown away by the experience and was allowed to take a photo. It inspired me to take a technical career, abet not in aviation.

I retired a couple of years ago as an aircraft mechanic with 45 years experience. I used to start engines for tests & taxi (drive) the planes to the gate for their flights. I miss that terribly. I loved working on commercial jets ! ❤️😊

I haven’t got visited to the flight deck, but I remember looking out at the cockpit when I was about to leave to the Jetway bridge, I was happy seeing the pilots smiling at me, the cockpit was amazing for a 777-300ER

Oh yeah when I was a kid right up to my younger adult age I visited various aircraft cockpit. Those were the good old days. And what a view. I was even lucky to have sat in the jump seat and witness the take off and landing. Best view ever! Esp landings...

I’m 15 this year and it was an amazing experience when I was on a Jet Star 320

When i was 8 i got to see the cockpit of the a330 i was astonished how different it looks in real life its amazing

I can remember being invited to visit the cockpit during a domestic flight as a child in the 1990s. great fun that was to be able to have a look around and out the front while flying.

I think I’d just turned 6 and I was invited into the cockpit of a jet2 737-300 and i don’t remember much but I remember looking round and seeing loads of buttons. That was possibly what half started my dream to become a pilot

I was on an American Airlines flight from Raleigh/Durham in North Carolina to Newark/New York in 1995 on a Fokker 100 and the intermediate stop was Chicago. While at Chicago, I asked for a visit to the flight deck and was allowed up. Both Captain and First Officer were shocked. They were anticipating a small child but there stood a 6ft tall 37 year old. They kindly allowed me into the FO's seat. The Captain, after answering my questions then asked about his forthcoming holiday to the UK, my home country. It's an experience I will never forget.

If you do want to visit the cockpit, the best time is after arrival, when most of the passengers has disembarked. Most pilots will be happy for you to visit. Ask the Flight Attendants during the flight, if you can visit AFTER arrival and AFTER the pax have left. Speak to the head flight attendant if you can. They will mostly likely always say yes, and speak to the pilots and ask if this is ok. Out of the hundreds of flights I have been on I have only been denied once or twice, due to a quick turnaround or training.

I flew a trip from Zurich to Copenhagen on the jumpseat in the cockpit on an Embraer 195. It was a fully booked flight and I was travelling as ID passenger. Still saving up to become a pilot this day today :)

San Francisco to Heathrow with BA in 1999. Once all the lights were down a colleague asked and we were escorted up. Pilots were happy to talk with someone, they sounded bored. All they had to do was follow the Virgin Atlantic flight doing the same route in front of us. Did get to see the northern lights which was amazing. Also shocked how small the cockpit was, TV and films always oversize them to film action in them.

I remember as a six year old (flying alone)getting into a cockpit of a MD-80 in Swissair. The captains were very friendly. Those were great times.

@waltanderson8761

2 жыл бұрын

My first airline flight was on Frontier in a DC3/ C47 in 1957 from Venal, UT toBillings, MT. 4 stops. Many years later I got a type rating in a "gooey bird". One of the highlights of my life. Wonderful airplane.

In Turkey cockpit door has to be closed and locked before the boarding starts until the last passenger leaves the aircraft due to security measures (after 11th September). If anyone has to go in during the boarding, cabin chief secures the area in front of the cockpit and allows the staff inside. Noone is allowed to be in or see the cockpit during the flight except the crew on duty.

As a kid in the 80's and 90's, you used to be able to ask the flight attendant if you could 'get your wings'. This was a small, elongated metal pin (later a puffy sticker in the 90's) that had the airlines logo with golden wings. At one point I would have had a few, but probably not anymore.

As a kid as well as having visited the cockpit in flight the best one I ever got was being allowed to drive the airbridge! It must have been about 1999 or thereabouts and I was at the gate super early (with the previous plane at that gate still boarding) and I was chatting to the gate crew. As they prepared that plane for departure.... They then explained how the air bridge worked... Retracted it from the plane by a couple of feet then let me drive it back to the stowed position

Whenever I fly (and I have time before connecting plane) I ask the crew for a short visit in the cockpit. My best experience in this happened in 2014 on a KLM Boeing 747 from Helsinki to Chicago (on First Class). We had an ~1 hour delay because of a thunderstorm near Chicago and we discussed about the weather and turbulence with the pilots :)

about 2 years ago in the 737-800 For Southwest Airlines, I was able to test the fire systems and test the alarm. I was also able to talk into the intercom. I had a conversation with the pilots as well. It seems like such a vibey and chill Job. Im a teen now and I still remember to this day.

@f2lott

Жыл бұрын

Wow. That’s amazing. You have a great memory

One time on a Delta A319 I got to visit the cockpit and even start up the APU

Back in 1995 when I was 18 I went to London with friends for graduation. During the flight I got to go to the cockpit. I was flying on a British Airways DC 10....it was so AWESOME

The habit of inviting young people into the cockpit is more important than what it would seem at first. The inspiration which such simple visit provide to the young is the cause why some of them decide to pursue a career in aviation. I believe the airlines should encourage the pilots to have the kids familiarising with the controls. Thanks for the video...

I starkly remember a flight with Emirates and after we landed in Dubai the Captain let me and my Dad into to the cockpit of the absolutely beautiful 777-300er. I tried on his hat and got a couple pictures! Was one if the best experiences ever :)

I had that oportunity in a TAP flight from LPPD to LPPR in August 1995. It was an Airbus A320 or A321. I Will never forget it.

I'm very lucky to be a technical services engineer for an airline and I have frequent access into cockpit on the ground.😁 For opening the cockpit door for lavatory visit, many of the modern wide body jets have built-in lav and flight crew rest compartment (FCRC) right behind the cockpit, and those lav and FCRC have privacy door. In this way, the only time when you have the full access into the cockpit is serving meals into the cockpit. All other times, there is no access into the flight deck at all.

i got to go into an a35k cockpit on virgin the pilots gave me a whole brief on our flight plan and more, and then i got to go inside a 787-9 cockpit on virgin and it was so so cool

When I was idk about 6 (about 2014) or something, I was flying SWA and the flight attendant asked me if I had wanted to come up to the cockpit. I said yes, and have little memory of it, but it was still very cool.

I'm a load planner for a Cargo airline and get to go up into the cockpit and do a cross check with the pilots every night before departure 😎 love it

When I was younger I got to see the cockpit of a q-400 and the one of an A320 multiple times during boarding Last time I even sat in the captain seat and my dad took a picture and I also recognised the basic flight instruments like the throttles and the landing gear lever I wonder if I still can do this again during boarding now that I am 15 years old Somebody tell me if I still can

@TheHVACkid

2 жыл бұрын

For sure

@littleytmsm1164

2 жыл бұрын

Very lucky, I only got to see 1

@vineet6536

2 жыл бұрын

Dude even people in their 30’s ask, it’s cool at the end of the day

@theharper1

2 жыл бұрын

Not in flight. The best chance might be an an aviation museum. There's also commercial flight simulators which have the flight deck interior that you can visit (for a price).

@CH-nb9yy

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, ask one of the flight attendants during boarding or deboarding. You can't visit during flight, but you could while the plane is parked--I've done it in a Delta 747-400 when I was 15 years old, and did it with an American 737-800 when I was 16.

Have been to the Cockpit of a TUI737max (D-AMAX) After a flight to Menorca recently. Very nice

Fascinating, now I know something I already knew

I have my 'wings' from both PanAm and Varig between Miami and Rio. It was always the best of experiences. The best was when the pilots would find us later in the flight to explain further what was going on.

A few months ago I had the opportunity to look into the cockpit of an A319 before take off. The captain then asked me if I want to just stay in the cockpit for the whole flight and so I was allowed to fly the whole flight on the jump seat, got a headset and was even allowed to switch off the plane after landing. That was really one of the most beautiful moments in my life.

@elitemountainbiker

Жыл бұрын

wow that would be a dream of mine, but I dont think jetstar of QANTAS would let me lol

@finn_bod8386

Жыл бұрын

@@elitemountainbiker I thought exactly the same but I asked them anyway if I can take a look into the cockpit. And this worked 3 times for me…

When I flew for an airline in Japan, it was a requirement to have the cockpit door closed before passenger embarkation until after all passengers had deplaned. Information such as W&B and DG was passed through ACARS.

I was in the 757(?), 737-NG Flight Deck Engineering Group (drafter) and occasionally had to visit the Flt Deck for various reasons. While in that group I flew a static (no gimbles) 767 simulator of two level flights, turns and landings (didn't crash, but once scared the fictional passengers). ;-)

The last time I managed to sneak a visit in the cockpit a couple of years ago when we came back from Kenya. I was with my father who was in a wheelchair and we were waiting for the wheelchair truck to arrive as there were a couple of flights who had requested them and there was a wait. Cleaning crew was already onboard and the cockpit door was open so the pilots allowed me in while they were doing the after flight paperwork. The one before that was in '91 as kid when coming back from the US.

I never got to visit the cockpit but have seen one while boarding my Jetstar flight. I was on the A321-200 and that was the first time I got to see a cockpit irl.

I got to visit the cockpit of a BA Boeing 757-200 once after a Malta-Manchester flight because at touchdown something was kicked up from the runway and bounce of the flaps... had to report that to the flight crew👍

i'll never forget my first time in the cockpit. the pilot kept asking me all kinds of strange questions. if i like gladiator movies, i i've ever seen a grown man naked, etc.

0:50 actually, at most companies, it's whoever is the pilot monitoring who performs the walkaround. The captain will sometimes be the one doing it.

I remember getting to see the flight deck in the summer of 2001 when I flew the the UK. They would also give you stuff after going to see the captain. I thought it was so cool. Sad that’s changed

I've not been in many flight decks but the last one I was in was an ATR72-600 cockpit

I once flew in a cockpit jumpseat of a A320 on a short, 25 minute night hop. Quite an experience.

I was invited for landing at the old hk airport, amazing to see the operation. Also flying lower than surrounding buildings is an amazing sight.

@madeketir

2 жыл бұрын

I also was in the jumpseat of a Cathay 747 landing runway 31 at Kai Tak. Amazing, beautiful approach over the water, scattered low clouds, with buildings on both sides, screaming down the runway to the crowded apron. My most memorable landing as a passenger in the jumpseat. During the 1980s I made it a regular practice to visit the cockpit, and succeeded a few times to stay during landing.

1964 I was 9 or 10 years old I got to visit the Cockpit as it once was called. It might have been a DC3. It was long ago and the main thing I remember is 2 large wheels along side of the seats.

Waiting in the waiting area for a overnight flight, plane was delayed, gate was empty so sat and chatted with the Captain. Plane arrived and he was off down the jetway. Being disabled Vet I was one of the first down and he directed me to the left seat while the FO did the walk around. FO back and he got to business. After landing, as I left, I congratulated him on doing a good job catching the thirid wire. They laughed.

Usually you can still get a minute in the cockpit after arriving at the gate and after engines are shutdown amd everything is running normal and there is no specific policy with the company about people in the cockpit after engine shutdown.

A few days ago a friend of my dad invited me to a cargo flight around the Italy with a 737-400. I will never forget this experience.

Yes is very nice up there

No matter how old I am I’ll always act giddy around the cockpit to steal a peek. Nothing is better than having that one crew that lets you take at least one step inside

The Ryanairs, at Glasgow when they had an aircraft stop overnight, it always offloaded at the international pier (west side of terminal) there was no engineers at Glasgow so a select few ground crew were trained up on start procedures for the 737-800, so that we could get it ready to tow it round to the domestic pier (east side).

@christophermclaughlin5650

2 жыл бұрын

That’s interesting i didn’t know that, must have been some experience. EGPF just down the road from me

@stiffyscotland

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophermclaughlin5650 it was good. Meant you werent spinning another aircraft somewhere else in the airport as sonce you were already preoccupied. One of the guys did cause a major issue one night. During the start procedure to get the APU up and running so that the ground power could be disconnected is check the fuel level because if you try to start the APU with too low a fuel level then for some reason it screws up the APU control box (not an engineer so dont know why) so the start up screwed up and meant they couldnt start the aircraft for tow. So it sat there all night until an engineer from prestwick airport arrived to fix the issue.. the morning flight was delayed by 4hrs because of it

When we were flying to Istanbul from Ljubljana on Turkish airlines a320 doors were shut and when i asked to see the cockpit the flight attendant started yelling at me if i’m crazy that this is impossible. I don’t get why they were so rude on that flight because when i was flying with flydubai, alitalia and KLM i was able to see the cockpit and have a chat with the pilots and it surely was an amazing experience.

In 2019 I got to visit the cockpit of a British Airways 747 and the first thing I noticed was how high up I was compared to the other planes. We were parked next to an E190 and it looked like we were above it.

I remember on my family's trips to our family, sometime around 2012 I was able to go up to the flight deck but I don't remember much cause I was around 4/5 at the time

Those were days... visited the flight deck on an Air Canada flight from Toronto to London Heathrow.

It’s the Pilot Monitoring who does the walk-around, and not necessarily the First Officer, yes?

I was 12 flying as an UM with Royal Air Maroc, and when we landed at Casa, since the RAM employee supposed to take me and another UM to our guardians took some time to arrive, the pilots just let us in the cockpit. It was smaller than I had imagined, weirdly.

Coming back home from vacation in April I got to look in the flight deck of a spirit a320 and when I was 8 or 9 I got to look in the cockpit of a southwest 737, that’s when I knew I wanted to be a pilot

Since I am a catering company driver. And just about half of our business is aircraft catering. I get to see flight decks often enough. And they always look different from airplane to airplane. Very interesting I think.

One thing that I always find gets missed about ground staff is the Dispatcher. They along with engineers are the main people that go in and out of the cockpit. They brings all the ground services together and sign the flight off to depart. They are the link between the aircraft and the crew and the airport. They overlook everything during the turnaround making sure everyone is where they need to be at the right times, chasing services to make sure everything get done. The link between the crew and the gate so they know passenger figures, starting boarding and giving final figures to the crew. Give the okay to shut doors and the aircraft can depart. No turnaround goes to plan but they are the fixers There are many more things they do but could be here a while. But the most important things they do is weight and balance of the aircraft by making sure the loadsheet is correct and show correctly where load is positioned on the aircraft and they are the person that signs the AAA (authorisation and accountability of hold baggage). This was brought in after Lockerbie and without it the aircraft cannot legally depart.

@libertyforoneandall

2 жыл бұрын

In my company, the dispatchers are in a building a few km from the airport. Load control deals with weight/balance, also in same building. Incharge flight attendant, maintenance, fueler, and sometimes the push crew are the only ones that come up..

@gingerjordan97

2 жыл бұрын

@@libertyforoneandall are you in the US

Not just kids-I went forward over the Pyrenees. I must have been at least eighteen at the time. Great stuff. 🗻

I got invited into the cockpit and I’m 19 this happened 2 months ago I loved it

Fun fact- the mechanics are the true heroes of a safe flying public.

The fueling company I work for does not give anything to the pilots, except when we fuel AA B777's, and SWA. American requires specific paperwork to be given to the flight crew to ensure that the fuel panel cycle was completed prior to departure. Southwest uses their own ticket instead of the one that we use, and so requires their copies of the ticket to be returned to the fuel planner. The only other situation where paperwork gets delivered to the flight deck that I know of is when there is an inoperative gauge on the fuel panel.

In one of my first flights I've got to visit the cockpit on airberlin! But this way well after 2001 D:

I visited the flight deck whenever I could, even as an avgeek adult. One memorable time was on a flight from Paris to Hong Kong in 1993. At the time when I visited the flight deck, we were over Russia. The first time I flew to Europe, the plane refuelled in Bahrain (I think). That was 1982 and we'd have been shot down if the flight had entered Soviet airspace. Ironically, Russian airspace is now closed again. The Hong Kong flight on Cathay Pacific was also memorable for being the only opportunity to land at Kai Tak before it closed, in a 747-400. On another occasion on a short domestic flight, I got to stay on the flight deck for the landing. The first time I recall visiting the flight deck was on a Qantas 707 from Sydney to Auckland at the age of six, and I was in awe of the number of switches and gauges. I hope that all airlines have rules preventing a pilot being alone on the flight deck to hopefully prevent some of the tragedies where a pilot has decided to commit suicide. In my opinion this makes the Airbus proposals for single crew flying dangerous.

@subsoar5734

2 жыл бұрын

well i can say that we do have procedures in place in the majority of airlines that state that 2 people need to be in the flight deck at all times. who these two people are depends on the airline, trip length, etc etc. also while single pilot ops are fine for corporate and private operations, i do agree that they have no place in scheduled airline operations.

@theharper1

2 жыл бұрын

@@subsoar5734 thanks! It's reassuring to know. Of course, small aircraft are likely to have only a single pilot.

I was around 7 years old when I first flew by myself. Yes, in the good ol' days of aviation, Children were able to fly by themselves. Children matured faster in those days. Something else not talked about on here. In the 1970's, while visiting the cockpit, the pilot would also give the kid a metal set of pilot wings. In the early 80's they changed to plastic wings which didn't have the same feeling as receiving the metal one's.

I flew by Air India 707 in 80"s from Dar-es- Salaam to Bombay via Seychelles . When we had stop over at Seychelles I requested the crew to visit the cockpit.They told me I can join after take off from Seychelles. The crew after take off took me to cockpit and there were four pilots . Sat all the way to Bombay and the captain showed me a Air France 747 Far off and said it would fly across over us. It did and was headed to Paris, it was massive compared to 707. Two hour before landing I was asked to return to my seat and finish my dinner. I Would never forget that flight 707 and Air India.

As a kid I was on the flight deck of a VC-10, 707, 747-200, 727-200.

External walkaround coud be done by either Captain or FO depending on who is flying and the airline policy.