If you want to get a good look at a jet cockpit a visit to a local FBO might give you a better chance. FBOs mostly have much less security (unless you happen to try Teterboro ) and if you strike up a conversation with a flight crew waiting for their passengers you may get lucky and get an invite. Unfortunately, the chances of actually getting a RIDE in a corporate jet are extremely slim to non-existent (A year working at a major FBO managed to get me "just" two rides - in the police chopper). But just by hanging around in the airport shop I was once invited by a NetJets Captain out to his Falcon 2000 and got to assist him with the cockpit preflight. Unless the crewmember's a real prick (unlikely but possible) you should probably be able to get a peek up front and possibly even get a seat (avionics hopefully running).