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Originally Posted by Puppyz (Post 89723)

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...

Think those days will ever come back?

Unfortunately it's just as strict in Canada. I remember back in 2000 our family went on a trip to Florida. One leg was on an Air Canada A320, I asked the FA if I could go up and see the cockpit, the pilots let me come up and then let me stay for the landing in Toronto. Needless to say, at 11 years old I felt like I was on top of the world! On another leg I was boarding a UA 737 with my mom and the captain was at the doorway on his cell phone, he puts down the phone and asks me if I want to come up and visit the cockpit once we get airborne, ofcourse I said yes:D . He was probably one of the nicest guys I've ever met.

Those kind of experiences really made me want to be a pilot.