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Originally Posted by SenorKeeed
So would Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me if You Can have sat in the pilots seat while the pilot went to the bathroom? If you haven't seen the film Leo was pretending to be a pilot on another airline who was catching a ride in the jump seat.
Yeah, I saw the movie. Great movie and also a really good book. True story too. Back in those days you could really put the "serious guy with a clipboard" plan to good effect. Of course, you wore a pilot uniform instead of carrying a clipboard.
Back in those days, everything was more lax. Even as recently as the late 90s I remember having flight attendants just come into the cockpit at any time (sometimes they would want to come up to get away from demanding passengers for a few minutes. They'd vent to us and then head back for more).
When I flew the J-32, many of our planes didn't even have a cockpit door. They had a curtain which we usually left open. The passenger sitting in seat 1B had a great look at the cockpit and, if they were really interested, I'd plug in a 3rd headset and give it them to wear so they could listen in on everything.