Hijacked Ethiopian Boeing 767 Airliner lands

[Minuteman]

Wonder what knee jerk new policies will be imposed upon us after this mess.

Piddle packs and a rope tied around each pilots' waist.

 

[Kingairer]

Ahhh yeah. Get all that glory, soak it in!

 

[Vector4Food]

HA!

You guys are going to have to use the bathroom in the cockpit now

 

[I-Pilot]

HA!

You guys are going to have to use the bathroom in the cockpit now

Or stop eating burritos before the flight. This is what happens when you eat a burrito before the flight. You start farting, then leave to use the lav and get locked out.

 

[derg]

HA!

You guys are going to have to use the bathroom in the cockpit now

Well, back in the day when we carried flight kits, and we had a rogue captain...

 

[Minuteman]

Guys, we DON'T PUT PEE IN THE FLIGHT DECK!

(It seems like the existing procedures for a crewmember going for a tinkle would have made this scenario more difficult already.)

 

[derg]

Guys, we DON'T PUT PEE IN THE FLIGHT DECK!

But we sometimes poop in v-files… occasionally.

 

[Boris Badenov]

The MPL-Licensed "Cruise-F/O" was playing with some of the knobs they told him not to touch?

Well see so basically I was right all along. Never second guess yourself.

 

[melax]

I always said that an external unlocking mechanism should be build in the cockpit doors independent from the main lock itself just like the door buzzers. The portion of the frame where the lock engages can be retracted remotely if needed (ops, SAT signal) with local on board backup. A stringent protocol would be required to have access to the unlocking procedure. In this case however it could have made it worse if a fight erupted, but in the case of LAM (Suicidal FO in Namibia E-Jet last month) it could have saved many lifes, so the usage would have to be selective. Just my 2c

 

[Boris Badenov]

Yeah I dunno or they could spend that money on not hiring nutters.

 

[WestIndian425]

I always said that an external unlocking mechanism should be build in the cockpit doors independent from the main lock itself just like the door buzzers. The portion of the frame where the lock engages can be retracted remotely if needed (ops, SAT signal) with local on board backup. A stringent protocol would be required to have access to the unlocking procedure. In this case however it could have made it worse if a fight erupted, but in the case of LAM (Suicidal FO in Namibia E-Jet last month) it could have saved many lifes, so the usage would have to be selective. Just my 2c

Invent it, and you'd make a killing!

 

[CoffeeIcePapers]

Well see so basically I was right all along. Never second guess yourself.

You are like a drunken Nostradamus.

 

[melax]

Invent it, and you'd make a killing!

There is nothing to invent, it already exists. Just have to be implemented, certification bureaucracy etc etc...

 

[Xcaliber]

Wasn't there a JetBlue pilot who went coo-coo and got locked out by his FO? Having an external unlocking mechanism would have been a bad idea then.

 

[melax]

HA!

You guys are going to have to use the bathroom in the cockpit now

Don't laugh, back in the days (long long ago.....) when I was flying Aerial surveys we had long missions sometimes 4~5 Hours in small cramped, noisy, leaking cold air 310 we would pee in the film cans. Upon landing we would "make the mistake of handing over" the slushy can to the newbie lab clerk for "processing" you should see the reaction. we got reprimanded after a few urine spills in the lab.

 

[SeanD]

Wait! If the FO locked out the skipper. Who squawked 7500? The FO?

 

[exneophyte]

AND more importantly how did the FO land the aircraft? Everyone knows only the captain is capable of landing the plane.

 

[melax]

Wasn't there a JetBlue pilot who went coo-coo and got locked out by his FO? Having an external unlocking mechanism would have been a bad idea then.

Didn't you read and understand the post ? you implement a security protocol where no single person can open the door, like the ICBM launching codes, for example the unlocking sequence would require OPS, the FA(s), the Captain and FO to concur or a combination of thereof. That's not complicated.

 

[thevideographer]

Didn't you read and understand the post ? you implement a security protocol where no single person can open the door, like the ICBM launching codes, for example the unlocking sequence would require OPS, the FA(s), the Captain and FO to concur or a combination of thereof. That's not complicated.

No, just expensive for something that only happens once or twice (ever?).

 

[klkm]

So is the majority of security procedures that are in place, lots of money for a low percentage of incidents.