Originally Posted by
eddy67
I assume this would mean the passenger had to place the door into automatic first and then open it. Is there a reason the door would be in automatic during boarding? In my day on Tristars we armed the doors during refuelling when passengers were onboard.
There's no reason for the door to be armed before pushback. The only thing I can think of why it would be is if it was not correctly disarmed on the previous sector by the other crew.