Originally Posted by
evanroberts
Cockpit visits still very much happen. The young 'un in our family was loudly telling me (and the rest of E+) that we were on a 77W from AKL to SFO, and I was trying to tell him that it was a 777-200 ... The purser stepped in, and said "why don't you come and ask the captain?" Luckily the captain knew what kind of plane he was flying, and hearing it from him, the kiddo accepted that I'd been right
I never knew about these until I sat in a 744 on the upper deck. I saw kids running up and getting tours. I turned into a 10 year old in a flash and asked for one too.