Flight deck visits
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: London
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I think it is such a pity that flight deck visits are banned on UK airlines.
When I was a PPL student in '99 I was flying back from Sao Paolo to Gatwick aboard a BA 744. Once I estimated that we had reached TOC I quietly asked one of the CC whether it would be possible to see the flight deck. A few minutes later she returned and ushered me upstairs and into the cockpit!
There I spent most of the remainder of the flight being taught how to use the FMC, TCAS and weather radar. It was a beautiful evening at FL370 over the South Atlantic and it felt quite surreal watching the aircraft progress on the nav display with a fellow BA 74 ahead on the way to Heathrow appearing on TCAS - we could also see his nav lights in the distance through the darkness. A wonderful experience.
When I was a PPL student in '99 I was flying back from Sao Paolo to Gatwick aboard a BA 744. Once I estimated that we had reached TOC I quietly asked one of the CC whether it would be possible to see the flight deck. A few minutes later she returned and ushered me upstairs and into the cockpit!
There I spent most of the remainder of the flight being taught how to use the FMC, TCAS and weather radar. It was a beautiful evening at FL370 over the South Atlantic and it felt quite surreal watching the aircraft progress on the nav display with a fellow BA 74 ahead on the way to Heathrow appearing on TCAS - we could also see his nav lights in the distance through the darkness. A wonderful experience.
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: new zealand
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i was allowed to visit the flight deck and talk with the pilots for at least 2 hours while in cruise. but then again i do have work for that airline (non flying) and have an airline id, plus im half way into my pilot training.
was an amazing experience.
was an amazing experience.
