Caught with his pants down. (CHQ)

[zonejumper]

Just wondering if that a/c has the mechanism on the outside to remove the lav door.

 

[SpaceShipEarth]

And the Lav is in the very back so I wonder what the passengers in the front rows were thinking when a foreigner goes up and starts banging on the cockpit door... assuming they know the Captain had left to begin with.

 

[twighead]

Nominated for thread of the year. Absolutely classic!

 

[Fox-Tree]

That plane can't fly long enough to warrant taking the walk of shame to the back for just a pi$$. Just hold it!! Poor planning, IMO.

He better have been on his way back from Mexico with a ragin' case of the revenge to warrant that.

Then you have to wonder about his plan (of course):
1. Send a pax with an obvious accent to the cockpit.
2. Give same pax the password just to add extra confusion.
3. Once the non-terrorist scares the crap out of the F/O and F/A, what is either one going to do for the trapped Captain.
If they open the door, now they become idiots too. Even if they do figure all is well and come back, if the Captain can't break the door down, what's the chick going to do? It's not like the F/O can come back and help. I suppose he could if the non-terrorist pax stayed up front with the F/A - hell, he already knows the password..... might as well.

What a dumba$$....

There was only one way out of this situation. Break the toy airplane's lav door down like a man and write it up when you land.

 

[SpaceShipEarth]

uhhhhh... that is what he did. seriously? what is the problem here?

 

[tomgoodman]

They should have pre-arranged three questions for cockpit admission:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWS8Mg-JWSg

 

[flythere]

That's some funny chit man!! Sounds like the bathroom door is more fortified than the flight deck door!! Guess they don't want those turds escaping!

 

[Flyer1015]

That plane can't fly long enough to warrant taking the walk of shame to the back for just a pi$$. Just hold it!! Poor planning, IMO.

You do realize some of these RJs are flying mainline routes with mainline length. Right?

 

[Fubijaakr]

Hate to interrupt the party, but consider these questions (I'll keep them generic/refer to your recurrent training):

1. What is the definition of Level 4?
2. What is the correct response?

If the TSA gets involved, this will cease to be a joke to this crew.

 

[zonejumper]

Ooh, Ooh, Mr.Kotter---I know the answer!!!!

 

[Fubijaakr]

Now, now, ZJ...don't be Hermoine Grainger. Let some of the slower students have a chance.

 

[zonejumper]

Now, now, ZJ...don't be Hermoine Grainger. Let some of the slower students have a chance.

Sigh, ok...I'll sit on my hands in the corner of the room.....:blush:

 

[Fubijaakr]

Sigh, ok...I'll sit on my hands in the corner of the room.....:blush:

Don't do that...just find something else to do with them!

 

[zonejumper]

Don't do that...just find something else to do with them!

Idle hands are the devil's workshop!!

 

[Fubijaakr]

Idle hands are the devil's workshop!!

Touche!

 

[B727FA]

That's some funny chit man!! Sounds like the bathroom door is more fortified than the flight deck door!! Guess they don't want those turds escaping!

SOME of the 145 doors are "sliders" and therefore not able to be "kicked out." The doors are BIGGER than the opening and they slide and collapse into a bulkhead.

How did a pax in the front hear the CA and NOBODY else did? The 145 is a long plane. There's an interphone in the back...why not just tell the pax to pick it up, hit "FD" and talk to the FO?

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Because the capitano was an idiot and gave "the password" to a passenger. Talk about low IQ. Where do they get these guys? And the FO had to call dispatch holding above NYC with an insane situation. WTH.

 

[WNC Flyer]

The password is ... Va-gi-xx

 

[kf4amu]

Because the capitano was an idiot and gave "the password" to a passenger. Talk about low IQ. Where do they get these guys? And the FO had to call dispatch holding above NYC with an insane situation. WTH.

This is where the "whole person concept" and "experience" and "gut feeling" should come into play. However we have gotten to the point where the commuter industry is hiring pilots with NO experience in ANY job, including flying.

Some of my best decision making experience was made outside of aviation in previous jobs. I could get 3000 more hours of 121 multi turbine and it wouldnt equal the few years I spent in the real world workforce.

So get used to it, the pilots being hired today will be the ones facing situations they have never been trained on in the future. The question is, do their life experiences prepare them to handle it?

You can't measure every single factor in proper decision making. Especially in aviation.

 

[Fubijaakr]

Never been trained on? We're trained EVERY YEAR about security threat levels and proper responses. When the chips were down, NEITHER of these pilots responded correctly.