Originally Posted by
Puppyz
it's too bad they dont allow anyone in the cockpit during flight anymore. Like ''little joey who wants to meet the pilots" . I was one of those kids when I was like 6 (+- a few) yrs old. The FA took me up front. The pilots were really friendly and even let me hang around for a while. I still remember how freakin bright it was up there with all that light shinning into the 747 cockpit. The walk from my economy class seat through business class, into first class, and up the stairs took forever lol. Guess those days are long gone for kids now.
They are long gone...Years ago I took the family (using passes) to London for a few days. The Captain of this flight (DL 10, ATL-LGW) just happened to be a fellow that I had just flown with. During the flight, he walked back and invited my kids to come up to the cockpit. Of course, my daughter, age 11, was too "scared' to go. My son, 8 yrs old, jumped at the chance. He was gone about half an hour. When he returned, he said "Dad, all three of the pilots are sitting up there with their feet proped up, drinking coffee...I want to be a pilot"..Turns out that he is....Flying 737-800 at Delta, but not a coffee drinker...