Just saw this on Twitter. Not sure when it occurred although the video was posted yesterday.
https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/ ... 29925?s=21
Certainly a rather odd situation… cockpit door failure perhaps?
Must have been a strange sight for the passengers!
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Re: Delta pilots climb in/out of 737 cockpit window
2eng2efficient wrote:Just saw this on Twitter. Not sure when it occurred although the video was posted yesterday.
https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/ ... 29925?s=21
Certainly a rather odd situation… cockpit door failure perhaps?
Must have been a strange sight for the passengers!
Cockpit door failure is the only logical explanation.
But did he climb out to fully go back in???
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WayexTDI wrote:2eng2efficient wrote:Just saw this on Twitter. Not sure when it occurred although the video was posted yesterday.
https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/ ... 29925?s=21
Certainly a rather odd situation… cockpit door failure perhaps?
Must have been a strange sight for the passengers!
Cockpit door failure is the only logical explanation.
But did he climb out to fully go back in???
Right!? It doesn’t make sense - did he forget his wallet or phone? Lol!
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WayexTDI wrote:2eng2efficient wrote:Just saw this on Twitter. Not sure when it occurred although the video was posted yesterday.
https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/ ... 29925?s=21
Certainly a rather odd situation… cockpit door failure perhaps?
Must have been a strange sight for the passengers!
Cockpit door failure is the only logical explanation.
But did he climb out to fully go back in???
The door probably slammed shut with the lock switch down and they got locked out. I’m guessing the capt was actually making a second attempt to get in because he couldn’t squat low enough to get in feet first.
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Yeah that’s just inviting an on the job injury, one which might not be converted because I highly doubt the airline sanctioned this. Call maintenance, let me know when the door is open and I’ll report.
Re: Delta pilots climb in/out of 737 cockpit window
orlandocfi wrote:WayexTDI wrote:2eng2efficient wrote:Just saw this on Twitter. Not sure when it occurred although the video was posted yesterday.
https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/ ... 29925?s=21
Certainly a rather odd situation… cockpit door failure perhaps?
Must have been a strange sight for the passengers!
Cockpit door failure is the only logical explanation.
But did he climb out to fully go back in???
The door probably slammed shut with the lock switch down and they got locked out. I’m guessing the capt was actually making a second attempt to get in because he couldn’t squat low enough to get in feet first.
Even with the door locked, I can think of two safer/easier ways to gain access that I won’t post for security issues. This is stupidity.
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Delta's paint scheme for this plane was the General Lee. Later they jumped the plane across a pond on their way to Tulsa.
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Elementalism wrote:Delta's paint scheme for this plane was the General Lee. Later they jumped the plane across a pond on their way to Tulsa.
That would explain taxiway "Dixie" at ATL!
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Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. 
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Elementalism wrote:Delta's paint scheme for this plane was the General Lee. Later they jumped the plane across a pond on their way to Tulsa.
I was going to make a Dukes of Hazard joke, dammit!
Their chief pilot is shown a copy of this video and a narrator asks “just how do you think these boys are gonna get out of this one.”
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BC77008 wrote:Elementalism wrote:Delta's paint scheme for this plane was the General Lee. Later they jumped the plane across a pond on their way to Tulsa.
I was going to make a Dukes of Hazard joke, dammit!
Their chief pilot is shown a copy of this video and a narrator asks “just how do you think these boys are gonna get out of this one.”
I was thinking about a modified Beatles tune, “He Came In Through The Cockpit Window”
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Overzealous line-indoc Captain…
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Looks like this happened at ELP.
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The things some guys will do to make that commuting flight home... 
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The Delta pilots made an exceptionally horrible landing and did not want to confront the passengers?
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orlandocfi wrote:WayexTDI wrote:2eng2efficient wrote:Just saw this on Twitter. Not sure when it occurred although the video was posted yesterday.
https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/ ... 29925?s=21
Certainly a rather odd situation… cockpit door failure perhaps?
Must have been a strange sight for the passengers!
Cockpit door failure is the only logical explanation.
But did he climb out to fully go back in???
The door probably slammed shut with the lock switch down and they got locked out. I’m guessing the capt was actually making a second attempt to get in because he couldn’t squat low enough to get in feet first.
That is exactly what I was thinking. Seeing that the beltloader was placed there already, tells me this was all planned out.
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how did pilot get window open coming from?
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Q wrote:how did pilot get window open coming from?
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FO window can be opened from outside
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astaz wrote:Even with the door locked, I can think of two safer/easier ways to gain access that I won’t post for security issues. This is stupidity.
It is just dumb to attempt this without fall protection. No one would use a belt loader to clean the windows.
How anyone thought this was a good idea is beyond me.
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I’d hold judgement until I learned why. It’s certainly at risk behavior, but the employee may have thought they were doing the right thing given the circumstance.
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I don't know about this, but could he have (in his attempt to get out) kicked some knobs around unwillingly? Maybe his knee could have went through like a PFD and cracked it? Though i have no idea the durability of the screens, so someone else can make commentary there.
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Boeing757100 wrote:I don't know about this, but could he have (in his attempt to get out) kicked some knobs around unwillingly? Maybe his knee could have went through like a PFD and cracked it? Though i have no idea the durability of the screens, so someone else can make commentary there.
That’s a concern with getting out of the window of the guppy.
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astaz wrote:orlandocfi wrote:WayexTDI wrote:Cockpit door failure is the only logical explanation.
But did he climb out to fully go back in???
The door probably slammed shut with the lock switch down and they got locked out. I’m guessing the capt was actually making a second attempt to get in because he couldn’t squat low enough to get in feet first.
Even with the door locked, I can think of two safer/easier ways to gain access that I won’t post for security issues. This is stupidity.
I am not familiar with the 73. But I donot think there is another way out if there is a failure of the flight deck door. I don’t recall the ability to egress through E&E….
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kiowa wrote:The Delta pilots made an exceptionally horrible landing and did not want to confront the passengers?
Or maybe somebody let out a violent stinky ?
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If I had to guess, I would assume they got locked out of the flight deck and rather than waiting for contract maintenance which can sometimes be lengthy, they attempted to get in through the the outside.
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I would have shut the cabin door and moved the jetway over instead of crawling off a belt loader.
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727231 wrote:I would have shut the cabin door and moved the jetway over instead of crawling off a belt loader.
But can the Captain's window be opened from outside. Somebody said the First Officer's window could be, no mention of the Captain's window. Additionally, you'd have to make sure the jetway didn't hit the pitot tubes.
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AirKevin wrote:727231 wrote:I would have shut the cabin door and moved the jetway over instead of crawling off a belt loader.
But can the Captain's window be opened from outside. Somebody said the First Officer's window could be, no mention of the Captain's window. Additionally, you'd have to make sure the jetway didn't hit the pitot tubes.
That and also, what if the jetway extension somehow fails?
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Your next post says you aren’t familiar with the 737. If that’s true, than how do you know this is a concern?
bigb wrote:Boeing757100 wrote:I don't know about this, but could he have (in his attempt to get out) kicked some knobs around unwillingly? Maybe his knee could have went through like a PFD and cracked it? Though i have no idea the durability of the screens, so someone else can make commentary there.
That’s a concern with getting out of the window of the guppy.
Your next post says you aren’t familiar with the 737. If that’s true, than how do you know this is a concern?
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bigb wrote:Boeing757100 wrote:I don't know about this, but could he have (in his attempt to get out) kicked some knobs around unwillingly? Maybe his knee could have went through like a PFD and cracked it? Though i have no idea the durability of the screens, so someone else can make commentary there.
That’s a concern with getting out of the window of the guppy.
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AirKevin wrote:727231 wrote:I would have shut the cabin door and moved the jetway over instead of crawling off a belt loader.
But can the Captain's window be opened from outside. Somebody said the First Officer's window could be, no mention of the Captain's window.
It cannot.
The window release handle is shown in the upper left of this picture.
From: https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-cont ... 170918.jpg
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DL_Mech wrote:AirKevin wrote:727231 wrote:I would have shut the cabin door and moved the jetway over instead of crawling off a belt loader.
But can the Captain's window be opened from outside. Somebody said the First Officer's window could be, no mention of the Captain's window.
It cannot.
Copy. So moving the jetway wouldn't work anyway since you obviously can't move it to the right side of the plane.
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AirKevin wrote:DL_Mech wrote:AirKevin wrote:But can the Captain's window be opened from outside. Somebody said the First Officer's window could be, no mention of the Captain's window.
It cannot.
Copy. So moving the jetway wouldn't work anyway since you obviously can't move it to the right side of the plane.
Then commandeer a catering vehicle.
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He probably got the okay from flight operations to do this.
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BoeingG wrote:AirKevin wrote:DL_Mech wrote:It cannot.
Copy. So moving the jetway wouldn't work anyway since you obviously can't move it to the right side of the plane.
Then commandeer a catering vehicle.
From where. I don't know that the airlines own catering trucks like they do ground equipment.
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Delta is soooo innovative! Comedic skits before flight!
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