robbedagain
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according to yahoo.com news article a DL MD-90 pilot was locked out of the cockpit during a flight from MSP to LAS plane declared and emergency and landed safely at its destination...
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Hope777 said:One wonders When the Capt left the Cockpit and Doesnt a F/A enter the cockpit at that time???? Lots of Questions to be answered
Well, technically we don't know whether there was a f/a in the cockpit with the co-pilot or not. That point was simply not noted in the news reports. (Even if they knew he/she was there, I imagine most media types would have considered that irrelevant information.) If the f/a was in the cockpit, then there was an FAR violation that all cabin crew should be in their assigned jumpseats for taxi/takeoff/landing.Hope777 said:One wonders When the Capt left the Cockpit and Doesnt a F/A enter the cockpit at that time???? Lots of Questions to be answered
jimntx said:Well, technically we don't know whether there was a f/a in the cockpit with the co-pilot or not. That point was simply not noted in the news reports. (Even if they knew he/she was there, I imagine most media types would have considered that irrelevant information.) If the f/a was in the cockpit, then there was an FAR violation that all cabin crew should be in their assigned jumpseats for taxi/takeoff/landing.
True that. Me included. However, if the pilot was locked out that means that the f/a (assuming a f/a in the cockpit per procedure) was locked in; so, regardless of how much time was left, he/she was still not "in the assigned jumpseat" at the point of landing.nycbusdriver said:
If they were still 15 minutes out, it would be a miracle to find all the flight attendants in their jumpseats. I've seen them more than occasionally barely getting their seat belts fastened before wheel spinup.
Yep. I don't touch MDs that much any more but it was an issue when I did.metopower said:It's a MD90/88 bi-fold door. It and the door lock mech. Has always been problematic. It was in my opinion a non event but news worthy just because doesn't happen evryday. If there was NOT someone else in the cockpit with the FO then THAT would be a story. Not taxing to the gate would have been a good call. A screw up on taxing to the gate would have erased all the atta boys he earned.