Open door policy
I know this subject has been done to death but flying with Spanair (JKK) last week to Tenerife, the cockpit door was open all the way through the flight, including taxiing to and from the terminal. Now I was under the impression that it was policy worldwide for cockpit doors to be locked, or at least closed, at all times. This wasn't isolated to the outbound leg but also the return. Just what is the policy? Is it at the crews discretion? Or do different companies have different rules?
From a personal point of view it was a nice change watching the guys up front fight the cross wind at TFS on landing.
Also slightly off the subject why do I have to suffer plastic cutlery in airport terminals, when flying with Emirates a couple of weeks ago they gave me stainless steel cutlery with my in-flight meal?
Yours confused
DC