744F Cockpit Door?
Does anyone know if UPS has cockpit doors on their 744F's?
The 744F's & BCF's I have flown didn't, just a curtain, which is open most of the time.
So smoke originating from a cargo fire on the main deck, can come up the stairs or through the floor from the main deck to the upper deck, and migrate forward into the cockpit completely unhindered.
On passenger aircraft, the nowadays-required Flight Deck Security Door seals the cockpit pretty well.
That could help keeping most smoke originating from the cabin out of the cockpit.
For those that don't know; freighters, as opposed to passenger aircraft, are not required to have a reinforced Flight Deck Door, to stop terrorists or other bad guys from coming up front. The reason is simple; weight and cost.
Just wondering if it would have made a difference...