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To: BirdDog who wrote (1615)	9/13/2001 8:50:27 PM
From: joseph krinsky	Respond to of 27666

Ah the old "trap door" trick. LOL. Very good.

To: BirdDog who wrote (1615)	9/13/2001 8:54:32 PM
From: quasi-geezer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

stop scaring me, dude now, I would have a tough time just taking a piss on a plane

To: BirdDog who wrote (1615)	9/13/2001 11:20:44 PM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

Actually an escape hatch with an attached chute has been considered in the past and may have even been designed into a few planes. I'll have to ask if that ever got into production airplanes. They have even considered trying to adopt an ejection seat concept. That doesn't help get the crew INTO the aircraft. The nose of the aircraft is normally well above the ground and getting up to it and squeezing up through it would be difficult than scooting down it. A more probable short term scenario would be sequenced operations so that the security cleared maintenance crewman finishes up, the crew enters through the forward door, secures the crew compartment door and becomes initially authenticated by the flight deck security system. The crew compartment door locks to a more secure mode at which point it cannot be entered, even by a secure maintenance person or flight attendant. Call that "lock down mode". The crew would have their primary air and water supplies plus a secondary supply system that is self-contained inside the cockpit along with some survival food rations. Once the crew is secured in the cockpit section of the aircraft, the passengers are let in through a gated entryway. The crew can then confirm that the passengers are seated through video cameras and a small eye level bullet-proof window slit in the door. The crew compartment would never be allowed to be opened until the plane is shut down and it is put into lock down by the security system. Some crew compartments, such as those on many B747s have extended crew quarters even including tightly packed bunks. Maybe that is one of the reasons the Airline Pilots Association objects so much about having video cameras in the crew section. . . "if this planes rockin', don't bother knockin'"! ; ^)