Originally Posted by
sleeves
If you really feel the need to get up and out of your seat, find a ramp agent that can operate the equipment and ask them to turn it off.
I don't leave the cockpit. I call on the radio and advise them we are deplaning. I think in every case, a person with a radio showed up and was coordinating the air while asking me what needed to happen to keep everyone on the aircraft.
This is our job.