That will end badly in a few types though, that have no sliding flightdeck windows, like the 747, 787, Dash-8Q400, CRJ.

that's nothing, there is a old story about when the sheds (shorts 360) were doing the highlands and islands.

There were two doors to get into the cockpit. One for the Fo and one for the CAptain.

The story goes a certain CAptain with a sense of humour used to appear coming backwards out his door with two bits of rope which were tied off in the cockpit to nothing important.

He would then give the two bits of rope to the pax in the front Row.

Then tell them that he was going for a pee.

If they felt the plane bank they had to pull the opposite bit of string etc and if the nose dropped pull on them both.

He then got them to try. Of course the FO was in the front watching the bits of rope and made the required control inputs so it appeared it was doing something.

The CApt then went for a pee leaving the punter holding the bits of rope. If they pulled on them the FO did the required.

After the pee the Captain came and took the ropes back and went back into the cockpit.

Don't know how true the story is but its sounds like something they would do in that era.

Was it you BAsil?

As I remember the King Air 200 had a suction tube with a female insert behind the captain's seat. In those old fashioned days of cattle class charter the lavatory was often removed to make way for extra seating.

MadJock

I heard that story years ago with reference to RAF Transport Command flying Army personnel. I believe the co-pilot left the flight deck first, and with the auto-pilot engaged the Captain walked out backwards holding the two strings tight, and gave them to the soldier in the first row with a command to keep them tight, then he walked towards the back of the aircraft.

Don't know, but it caused a laugh in the bar that night.

My father said that, in the Beaufighter on WWII Ops, they had a tube (effectively, a length of hosepipe). For the most part this worked but, under certain conditions of 'low flow' and height - the contents would freeze. :uhoh:

This caused problems for the man who followed second ... :ooh:

And I heard that story, years ago, about a CP Air B737 captain on the Whitehorse to Vancouver milk-run. (pre-locked cockpit door era, obviously)

Flying to Bristol from Malaga (orange) the Captain joined the loo line behind me. I offered for him to go before me, no I'm fine he said, I could understand, he was stretching his back, arms above his head. Long story short, I asked as anyone on here would ask "Do you ever post on PPRruNe" he smiled "yes I do" .

I'm not telling his user name, it's not often one chats face to face with a Captain.

Mad Jock. It goes back at least to Hastings days, and probably much earlier.

On the Vulcan as I remember, each crew man had his own tube which was a very civilized arrangement except perhaps for those used to north sea crossings on the bridge of a destroyer.