Here’s how you inflate the autopilot...
The airplane experienced a lot of "turbulence" while they were visiting the cockpit.
Saw that report online earlier today and my first thought was why the captain allowed it. Here in the States once that cabin door is shut and secured it doesn’t get opened for the crew to use the lav unless there’s a phalanx of flight attendants obstructing the aisle up front.
Such a lax culture of safety and security is alarming.
In 2005 my attractive youngest daughter (21) and equally attractive friend were invited to tour the flight deck on an Air France 747 as it crossed the Atlantic. Nothing untoward to them, but I was aghast at the security implications.
They were after forbidden fruit!
Not Guilty - of terrorism.
I think it was Janine Pirro who commented on the lax security procedures at Malaysian airports, and added that the airline flies into the U.S.
If some fundamentalist onboard saw such activity then or at a later point, then they’d know that (muslim) hot blondes were a first-class ticket into the cockpit for control over the door lock for some very burly guys and/or alternate pilots.
They’d have a way to take over the aircraft and fly it where they pleased.
They’d chose a flight featuring a distance that would require the amount of avgas they needed.
The airline is probably late, the co-pilot probably did the “probing” 2 years ago!
Honolulu Baby...!