Originally Posted by dddc
Also, can some one clarify for me the position of allowing passengers into the cockpit? I'm refering to the clip where the plane in spain (?) has been delayed by 3 hours and a passenger goes up asking for drinks to be served. It seems from the clip that the captain has stayed in his seat and the passenger is in the doorway. I thought that no passengers were allowed anywhere near the cockpit since 9/11, or is that just US airlines?
The plane was on the ground at the time. They can't stop passengers going near the cockpit when the plane is on the ground as the cockpit door has to be open to allow liaison between flight crew and dispatcher, and on these small 737s (or equivalent) row 1 is about a metre from the cockpit door.
Whilst in flight, passengers are not supposed to be anywhere near the cockpit.