I used to always go into the cockpit on planes when I was young.. has this been outlawed?

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: LordJezo
I was just thinking about how when I used to fly 10 - 14 years ago I would always get to go in the pilots cockpit to get a chance to see the way they fly the plane and such..

I am assuming it has been, but have they banned such things?

Those were the days, when the captain would invite me to see the cockpit.

I'm sure they don't do that anymore, though.

I always loved flying when I was younger for that very reason.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
You guys suck. Every flight I've been on in the last two years they still offer tours, sometimes they actually put the plane on auto pilot and let passengers sit down. In a few cases I've asked if I could man the controls and, as long as a co-pilot is next to me, they actually let me use the joystick a few times. Something they said they like to do on the long flights, when high up, is have somebody go in and in 15 seconds press all the buttons and levers they can, and then the pilots go in and it's a game to see how quickly they can figure out what the passenger did, and try to fix it.

Funniest post of the week!

 

[sillymofo]

I'm pretty sure that you'd like to visit the cockpit.