Originally Posted by
Spunky Monkey
Well Ultrafan with these comments you brightened up my day - I thank you.
I live to serve.
Originally Posted by
Spunky Monkey
What is concerning is that he managed to make it into the cockpit of an aircraft. Fine him, embarrass him in the media, that should be enough.
However more importantly find out how he got into the cockpit.
I can tell you now before the "investigators" spend millions. The photos were taken on the ground. It's extremely common to allow people to take pictures in the cockpit. It's usually either aspiring boys fascinated by aviation, or girls in their late teens/early 20s looking for a "sexy" selfie. If someone asks to be photographed in a pilot's seat while the plane is at the gate, I don't see anything bad or dangerous in it. (As long as it's not a captain's seat which is sacred!!!)
There was a time when little boys could quietly and politely ask the FA if they can see the cockpit in flight, and I heard many stories from older people who were even allowed to hold the yoke while in flight. Unfortunately, we now live in crazier times. But, in my humble opinion, photos in the cockpit on the ground are fine.