cockpit visits

sal-ad_daze

I've just told my 5 yr old granddaughter that we're planning to visit her auntie and family in the Caribbean and she is so excited:j
She was asking about who flies the plane and how they fly overnight and I was wondering if visits to the cockpit have been stopped in the light of all the terrorist activity? I would love for her to be able to see how the plane is flown but don't know if it's worth asking.

Voyager2002

sal-ad_daze wrote: »

I've just told my 5 yr old granddaughter that we're planning to visit her auntie and family in the Caribbean and she is so excited:j
She was asking about who flies the plane and how they fly overnight and I was wondering if visits to the cockpit have been stopped in the light of all the terrorist activity? I would love for her to be able to see how the plane is flown but don't know if it's worth asking.

No chance I'm afraid...

Maybe you can take a very local flight once you are there. On some very small 'planes you can sit right next to the pilot (I did this several times on Air Seychelles).

mvteng

Surprisingly, my 9 year old son was asked if he wanted to come up to the cabin & sit in the pilots chair on a KLM flight last month, so it does happen.

I must admit, I was most surprised that this was still allowed, but my son was really chuffed.

I suppose theres no harm in asking

dseventy

My son asked the cabin crew this on a flight to New York!

They said no, but give him a leaflet that lets you arrange and appointment that allows you to sit in the planes in hangers, its like an hour tour or something, near JFK.

D70

HHarry

You might be able to get a quick look once landed, as you get off.

My son bought home a fishing rod from Cyprus one year. It was too fragile for the hold, and we weren't allowed it in the cabin so the pilot had it in the cockpit and we were allowed to collect it once we landed.

You can only ask, the worst they can say is no!

CKhalvashi

It's largely airline dependent, and could even depend on the pilots.

When FlyGeorgia were operating, I was speaking to the pilots for the majority of the flight on an AMS to TBS (with my DD's), however this would never have been allowed on Airzena (the other Georgian airline).

The fact I went to school with the captain could have had some bearing on this, but I know that the rule generally in the EU/US is that no visitors are allowed.

malkie76

My understanding is that it's completely against the rules while moving, but some airlines while let you visit on the ground after landing.

That being said, I've seen cockpit visits with my own eyes on a BA 777.
Not staff, not crew, but very young members of the public.

lgw29

on BA you can't visit during the flight but plaese ask if she can have a look on the ground, we are more than happy to do it get her sat in the pilots seat

Pollycat

On a charter flight (can't remember the airline) from Greece a couple of years ago, a member of cabin crew asked the young lad in front of us (maybe 4 or 5) if he wanted to see the cockpit.

Sod the kids, what about us adults that want to have a look? :rotfl:

malkie76

lgw29 wrote: »

on BA you can't visit during the flight

I've seen it happen in recent years. It's not supposed to happen, but it does

ic

Wow. On the flights I've been on, the seatbelt sign goes on everytime the pilots want to visit the loo and the door has to be opened. When a pilot comes out, one of the crew will go in to the cockpit and keep the co-pilot company.