Let's not forget that Upper Deck Club passengers are seated about 4 feet away from this 'socked' door. The dreaded sock actually gives them a peaceful night rather than be woken every 20 minutes by the door banging. Perhaps if maintenance people stuck to equiping aircraft correctly rather than sounding off here on issues that are not their direct concern, we would all have a better work environment!

someone very close to me was seriously injured on the BA 2069 Nairobi flight incident she is still off work with her injuries and may not be able to fly again. I would definately support the locking of the flight deck door, or at the very least remove the socks so that the flight crew could hear any intruder coming in to the flight deck and therefore gain precious seconds that could prevent a potentional disaster happening again.

I have no problem with the sock issue.
In the Tech Log you will find a list of CAA approved modifications. If the "sock mod" is listed there what is the problem?

However if there is no reference to inhibiting the flight deck door lock mechanism, the aircraft is effectively flying out of compliance and COULD, if the CAA were to enforce the ANO, negate the C of A.

If you insist on installing the sock...be it on your own head if something goes wrong.

ckp747....I understand one of the cabin crew received a broken ankle in the incident. <<someone very close to me was seriously injured on the BA 2069 Nairobi flight incident she is still off work with her injuries and may not be able to fly again. >>
If this person is using a broken ankle as an excuse to whack all the money possible out of BA for this incident, and never have to work again, well that is one thing. Can you confirm the injury is MORE than just a broken ankle? Even downhill skiers are back up there skiing the following year after a broken ankle. Frankly I find it difficult to believe it is as serious as that, but if some lead is being swung here, I don't like to see it being used to influence the issue of door locking.

Dear Notso Fantastic. Re your doubts about my motives for saying I was seriously injured. No I did not break my ankle, it WAS more serious than that. I am still off work and will be for some time, and have to face another operation in the future. I DO want to go back to work and am not using my injuries as an excuse to be 'pensioned off'. Obviously you have been ill informed regarding the incident and my injuries.