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Comments (6)

lachtan · 1m ago

I feel like I've heard of a rule that there must always be at least two (or maybe exactly to) people in a cockpit in any given time to guard against this as well as hijacking and stuff, am I imagining this or missing something?

atonse · 16m ago

In the US at least, the cockpit door is locked from the inside.

What happens in this situation if they can’t open it?

I think in the US at least they block the cockpit door with a food cart while the pilot goes to the bathroom. Maybe they leave it unlocked then?

quietbritishjim · 4m ago

In the US (and other countries) the door is locked but there is a PIN to open it that the cabin crew have access to. Even then, there's a time delay to the door opening, during which people in the cockpit are notified and can reject the request.

That means that no food cart should ever be needed to block the door. But the cockpit should never be totally empty anyway, as surely only one of the two crew should be using the toilet at a time.

(Note: I'm not a pilot, just a reader of Admiral Cloudberg's blog.)

thinkingemote · 6m ago

The captain or co-pilot whoever is outside, has the code to open it

everybodyknows · 1h ago

> co-pilot was very pale, sweating profusely and making strange movements

Heart attack symptoms.

p_ing · 52m ago

They're usually flown by auto-pilot, in one mode or another. That part isn't interesting.