There were 2 lifts , and memory says if one got stuck 1/2 way you could in extremis crawl in at the bottom and out of the top .
Handle for winding , maybe , certainly one for winding the doors down and closed .
Yes to the -200s having more cargo space , rumour was max ldg. wt. not upped thus volume could be used but not dense cargo .
Cale. got their own crew for last couple of years , as sold off to Flying Colours [ ? ]. We then all returned back to mainline on various fleets .
Last Cale. trip was staff outing to Fairyhouse racecourse in Dublin .[ Aer lingus helped organise , as we had G-BBAF in Shamrock colours ] Crew drawing short straws stayed sober to bring the rest home , request from the cockpit on way back ...'' Slow the 390 peeps conga ...We cannot keep up with the rapid trim changes '' .
Sods law , was that , whatever broke was Not in spares pack .
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