[halo66]

I am not saying that a flight attendant was called in because the pilot is sick...it is standard operating procedure to have a flight attendant stand in the cockpit while a pilot leaves the cockpit for any reason. It’s a safety procedure in the event the single pilot in the cockpit has a medical issue while the other pilot is using the restroom, etc. I am wondering first why the pilot left the cockpit...may to use the restroom? At that point a flight attendant would have been placed in the cockpit.

[dragnet2]

Outside of cell phones, anyone know if the FA’s or locked out pilot could contact ATC once outside the flight deck?

[PapaBear3625]

I am not saying that a flight attendant was called in because the pilot is sick...it is standard operating procedure to have a flight attendant stand in the cockpit while a pilot leaves the cockpit for any reason. It’s a safety procedure in the event the single pilot in the cockpit has a medical issue while the other pilot is using the restroom, etc. I am wondering first why the pilot left the cockpit...may to use the restroom? At that point a flight attendant would have been placed in the cockpit.

Maybe there WAS a flight attendant in there with the co-pilot. And she was the terrorist. Stab the co-pilot, lock the door, pilot the plane into the ground.

[Rashputin]

So, maybe the FA is the jihadist. They cold cocked the one pilot still on deck and didn't let the other return.

That leaves the question of whether they would know how to initiate a controlled descent of the sort seen on radar.