Thanks to all who responded to my post. I never thought this bit of trivia would extend to a second page of posts. I was pleased to see that the great majority of respondents felt that my request was quite legitimate and normally would likely have been answered, subject to operational conditions. I suspected as much, as pax in N American airspace are often kept abreast of the score in major sports events. Guess I was unlucky to have a captain who was a stickler for the rulebook.
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PR like this compensates just a little for the loss of flight deck visit priviliges since 9/11, which flying enthusiasts like myself enjoyed so much, remembered vividly years later, and looked forward to (if vainly, sometimes) on every long-haul flight. Will they ever be granted again?
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