I asked my sister and she said that he can still sit in the cockpit, but only if the plane belongs to his own airline and he can prove he is who he says he is.
If he's on a plane from another airline, he has to sit as close to the back of the plane as possible. This is a result of 9/11. She said each airline has their own rules, but she thinks all have adopted a policy of no pilots from other airlines in the cockpit and some might not even let their own pilots in there now. She says the seats are mostly there for flight instructors and other observers, but pilots were allowed as a courtesy. It was a good way for a pilot to get unnoficial and informal cockpit time in planes they weren't yet rated on .. especially the Jr. pilots, which are the ones doing the majority of the jump seating. I guess this is why some airlines still let their own pilots jump seat in the cockpit. Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 3:30 PM Subject: Re: House OKs Bill to Arm Airline Pilots > Thanks. > > Judith > > >I'll ask. I don't know if they check IDs or anything. If they don't, then > >there's no reason one of them couldn't have been in the jump seat. My > >brother-in-law is out in Dallas right now, but maybe my sister will know. > >I'll ask her this afternoon. > > > > > This is something I remember reading in at least one credible news source, > > > but unfortunately I don't have the link. I will have to go searching to > >see > > > if I can unearth the article. > > > > > > I've tried CNN.com but they don't mention it. I do know they had pilots > > > uniforms on at least one flight -- several had been stolen -- and they > > > posed as pilots from another airline. I can't imagine (that being the > >case) > > > that they wouldn't have put someone in the jump seat. Todd, maybe you can > > > ask your brother-in-law for me? > > > > > > Judith ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
