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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]
Morons the fa has to be on the flight deck to open the door after looking through the peep hole. The lone pilot cannot leave his station.
where were the flight attendants
Only one f/a required on aircraft with 50 or fewer seats
I thought modern-day aircraft had lavatory doors that could be easily removed, simply by taking the bolt from the exposed outside-door hinges. I understood this was the very inflight situation that dictated easy removal of doors from their hinges!
I'm not sure if that would have worked if it were a pocket door. I remember the bi-fold doors were pretty flimsy and would go off track quite a bit. Other than that I liked the ERJ.
If there is only one pilot in the cockpit, they cannot get up to open the door, even if the FA is there and the aircraft is on autopilot. There would be no one at the controls.
Yes, just like others have mentioned; on these aircraft; when one pilot has to leave the FD; the FA must enter and stay in the FD until the pilot returns.