Originally Posted by
Steph3n
I fully agree about just 'popping the exit' but attempting to call the police, media, etc is no joke. in addition to that I'd be trying to have a heart to heart with the captain, and I don't mean in a threatening way.
You have to have communications, you have to be willing to take charge, and you have to make choices that are for the best of all onboard, if the PIC(pilot in command) won't do it, someone has to step up and attempt to guide them. the worst that could happen is the PIC could have you thrown off for 'disobeying' but at least you got out and maybe allowed others out as well. No LEO is going to arrest you for non threatening sane communication that simply disagrees with the PIC.
I was in a situation like this a few years ago (stuck 30 feet from a jetway in a snowbank on a full 738 for over four hours). There was no way that either of the pilots were going to exit the cockpit to have "heart to heart" discussions with anyone. Believe me, people angrily demanded to speak to the captain on repeated occassions. If anything, that probably reinforced their decision to remain in the cockpit until the aircraft made it to the gate and all the passengers had disembarked. People did call the local news, however; one local station showed up at the airport and did a 30-second bit on the story.