Originally Posted by
Red L
Is this a regular practice? I've never seen it happen on other airlines (not since 9/11, anyway). I can't imagine this is allowed by US FAA regulations, but maybe the rules are different when flying into/out of Canada.
The flights would not have been subject to FAA regulations.
In most of the rest of the world, it is permitted for the captain to receive visitors even if only at certain segments of the flight.