Student pilot tries open cockpit door - 3 Mar 24

[PeterNSteinmetz]

This is a weird one. Sounds like mental illness to me and the age is about right for new onset.

I love how they report that he had multiple books and writings about how to takeoff and land a plane - horrors!

Student pilot tried to open Alaska Airlines plane cockpit multiple times mid-flight, complaint says

The man was eventually restrained and the plane's cockpit was blocked with a beverage cart, the complaint said.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Winthrop]

I am guessing he never read any of the books otherwise he would have noted the pressure differential would make opening the door virtually impossible.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I am guessing he never read any of the books otherwise he would have noted the pressure differential would make opening the door virtually impossible.

I think that sort of thing is not at all covered in the normal training materials for a starting private pilot.

 

[Winthrop]

I think that sort of thing is not at all covered in the normal training materials for a starting private pilot.

I seem to recall some basic diagrams about air pressure at different altitudes.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Yes, but isn’t any difficulty opening a cockpit door related to differences between the cockpit and the cabin, other than he locks?

 

[Winthrop]

Yes, but isn’t any difficulty opening a cockpit door related to differences between the cockpit and the cabin, other than he locks?

Ah, I am clearly traded, I was thinking it was the door to the exterior.