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Pilot locked in lavatory causes unnecessary terror scare
He was caught with his pants down. A pilot who accidentally locked himself in the bathroom of his LaGuardia-bound plane caused a terror scare last night when a helpful passenger with an accent tried to come to his rescue by banging on the cockpit door. The embarrassing comedy of errors began when the captain of a Chatauqua Airlines flight from Asheville, N.Car., decided to take a bathroom break before landing. But when he tried to get out of the men’s room, the door jammed, trapping him in the… (www.nypost.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Great story. Do they not have a FA?
There probably was only one flight attendant on this flight as this was a regional flight. Because the cockpit door has to be opened from the inside, the flight attendant has to in the cockpit if one of the pilots is out. You can't disturb the pilot while he's trying to fly the plane, so the flight attendant is gonig to be the one who lets the captain back in.
whoops! forgot the "be" in "has to be in"
Maybe she was in the Lav with the pilot ;)
pig...
<sigh> It's not the internet until someone is offended. ;-\ Gimme a break.
That explains everything.
Anybody else have the image of the inflatable co-pilot from "Airplane!" come to mind when you read this?
Gotta love Leslie Nielson movies....
Gotta love Leslie Nielson movies....
at first that was my thought :-)
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