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Old 16th Feb 2009, 19:40
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Quintilian
 
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Jumpseat trips - are they actually as rare as people think?

Hi!

Over the last few years I've gotten the impression that cockpit-visits aren't really allowed anymore. However during the past 14 months I've had 20 jumpseat trips out of a total of 23 flights.

I'm an ATC student in Sweden, but I've only been asked to show my student-ID on approx half the occasions I've flown.

Usually I just enter the cockpit after asking the Flight-attendants if I "may ask the pilots a question?", and ask the flight crew for the JS.

So long I've JS'ed in 737 (classic + NG, MD80, A319, BA146 and hoping for the Q400 next weekend

Have I been unusually lucky, or is it still generally possible to get the JS-experience out there?

/TH
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