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!
It's even more fun when the door crashes open, and the 6-pack of water on the floor behind the pedestal goes bouncing wildly down the aisle. I've only personally seen that once during a ferry flight (high deck angle due to low weight contributed), but still... At least only one of the cans burst on the way back to the aft lav and glad it was only water.