Originally Posted by ShyGuy

I don’t think I’d call an abort in a jumpseat on a plane I know nothing of. Ouch.


Once on a Republic jumpseat E175, T/O power applied and I hear a crashing noise behind me. Turn in my seat, door is open. CA says continuing. I was able to wiggle my arm in a contortionist manner to grab the knob and ring the door back. Left arm, non dominant. Then we rotate and I fully appreciate the weight of this door. Expletive uttered under breath. I can’t hold this long. We get to a 1,000 ft and the CA goes, “you got it shut?” I say yeah but not for long! He pushes some button on the center pedestal and says okay it’s good now, locked. So I let go. For a second I thought I had effed up by not closing the door properly, but he said they have to push a button to lock it so it wasn’t my fault. Phew!