@myownmedia Imperialistic acts of US government caused people in middle east to get pissed and join terrorist organizations, I would blame US government from this.
Holy shit!! You'd need written permission from the President just to see a cockpit today. I can't imagine going in and sitting in the pilot's seat! I don't know if Doug (Air Canada) ever let anyone sit at the controls, but he was always very happy to have people come and visit the cockpit. I've been on flights with the cockpit door open too, which was cool. Alas, my last flight was in '99 and I'm not flying again if I can help it.
@artistgmg It's against ICAO regs to have non-crew in the cockpit of a commercial flight (Since 9/11) so if they do it's illegal. There must also be a lockable door between cabin and cockpit (where practicable) - (ICAO Annex 17)
@joshrules1414 not really........ just recently delta airlins gave me a chance to go in the cockpit of a boeing 757.... if your lucky it could happen to you.... who knows???
Enjoyable flying - just another thing ticked off, on the NWO list of "things we can stop to enforce the Terror myth".
Isn't life just great today... getting better all the time. Thing is, there've been simply SO many improvements to the way we live in the last fifteen years or so, I can't remember them. Perhaps someone can list them all to help me out.
Great video. Brings back happy memories of when I went up to the cockpit on a BA flight back from Munich when I was 17 years old. The pilots even allowed me to stay in the cockpit for landing. A great experience, such a shame my children will never experience this these days.
When I was 6 I got to go to the flight deck of an Airbus, but I don't remember what kind... 2 months later was 9/11, so I was among the last to receive this privilege :)
if you ever go to europe and you have to connect a flight, if the second airline is european they will let you go to the cockpit still. I know KLM allows this.
I remember the first time when I got into the MD-80 cockpit, i was 7, and that was an amazing experience, now I'm an airline pilot and everytime Im flying I feel like
I was 7 and it's the first time I get into the cockpit
I remember the cockpit door remaining open and taking a peek into the cockpit while in flight. They actually had hot meals served on the planes then, and it was an enjoyable experience. Now it's like riding a commuter train or worse - a school bus. Yes, I hate the bastards that took the innocence out of flying and made it a chore. But there's my private moments looking out the window at 36,000 ft. at night, as the world passes by. Thank the pilots next time you leave the plane.
seeing this video makes me wanna go back in time to 9/11 and do anything to stop the two airplanes so nothing would happen and so its allowed to visit the cockpit again.. i dont wanna say this but,,,, F*ck all the peoples who were evolved in 9/11!!!!! D:<
First of all the probability of a car getting into an accident is way higher than a plane getting into an accident.
Second of all... cruise control is not the same as autopilot.
Third of all He is a former pilot.... and the autopilot wont disengage unless you command it to by pressing the disconnect button that sends off a very loud aural warning. im pretty sure some pilots touch the controls while they're flying. don't be so serious...
@yynnmmbb Really, you are comparing cruise control to autopilot? You obviously don't drive a vehicle and if you did, it never had cruise control, cause you seem to think CC steers the car, when all it does is hold the desired vehicle speed steady.
Lives would be risked by physically flying the full route, causing body fatigue to the pilot(s).
i remember when i was like probably four or three, the pilots let me sit on the pilot seat but they didnt let me touch the steering wheel. From since then i wanted to become a pilot, but my parents suggest i shouldnt
@tubehead265 How old are you ? Cause when you hit 18 you do whatever you want... we're not in 50s where parents would dictate their child's scholar education and make them become lawyers or doctors or whatever they wanted to do with YOUR life !!! Think about it. Would you like to spend 35-40 years of your life doing something you didn't even choose and might not even like ??? I guess not...
For non french speakers: he said at 1min02 "ITS OK IM A PILOT" and later " IT WORKS ( AIRPLANES) WELL NOWADAYS" and " ITS VERY STABLE" i guess he s a retired pilot ;-) 92= old days yeah!
@fordxbgtfalcon Sad that it can't still be that way. There used to be a magical allure to flying, but thanks to our good buddies over in the Sandbox, who like to crash planes into buildings, it takes it all away, and all we hav to look forward to now, is probing from the TSA, and strict rules.
@636555530 LOL yeah that's what you think. All this talk about becoming an airline pilot because its the best in the world is just plain fascination. You'll realize what it really is once you get into the real world.
The 911 not only affected the family of that tragic day. But it took away our freedom to meet the pilots during flight, going inside the cockpit, going thru security to meet people at arrivals and much much more. Truly those were the days when flying was a glamour. Hopping gates to gates to see your favorite airplane, able to smoke inside the aircraft. ( this I didn't care for ). Having a complete meal, instead of brown bag. Gifts, and much much more. Now these days, you can't do anything.
You wish 9/11 never happened, so that you can go to the cockpit? Hmm... Because I wish 9/11 never happened, because thousands of innocent civilians died in a terrifying way.
@RontoTheDog were hypocrites for making a big deal outta 9/11 the people who died deserved respect no doubt it was bad.But we kill people in other countries who dont deserve it so we got wat was coming to us.
Ook, yes. I am speaking of the events of 9/11 in particular though. No innocent civilian deserves to die, not even those in other countries. But I really didn't want to start a conversation on this. I was simply implying that it is kind of silly that mrcisco3111 did not want 9/11 to happen so that he could see the cockpit... As that does suck, i was saying that there are much deeper reasons to wish 9/11 never happened.
@Callummtube It isn't just terrorist. A pilot let his son sit in the pilots seat (While auto pilot was on) so when the boy decided to mess around he turned off the auto pilot and sent them nose down. The boy was the only one close enough to get them up and couldn't. The boy, and his father, ended the lives of many people.
On another topic, I got my good flyers wings a long time ago. When at the end of a flight (Being 9 or 10) I got to chat with the pilots. It wasn't in the cockpit but fun.
@dominich4962 same here dude. I remember growin up as a kid and catching the train to Cleveland Hopkins airport, goin thru security and visiting as many cockpits as i can in one day. Visited tons of cockpits....Delta, MD88s, American MD82s, TWA and American 727s, Countless Southwest 737s, a couple US Air planes, Northwest DC9s, United 737s, 757s and DC-10s....those were the days.
Wow I did this when I was 6 years old. It was aTWA flight. Then aat the end of the flight I got pilot's wings for being a good flyer. Those were happy times, in Airline world. thanks for the great reminder, . All the best
@EnnCamp Hahaha I remember when I got my "wings" for being a good flyer too. I am 31 yrs old now, I still have them. Sigh...you are right...those were the happy times, quite saddening what we have now huh? But...I'm currently going for my pilot's licence. Wish me luck!
till now 6 poor dorks do not like this video! I wonder know what kind of sheet they eat every day! this is a wonderfull video, something great, something that the nes generations will never live because of the terrorism policy! fuck off terrorists!
I've been an airline pilot for 3 years and it's hands down the worst job in the world! Flying the plane is cool, but that's about 5% of the job. The rest is missing holidays, commuting, no time at home w family and friends, constant stress and being paid 3 hours while you work a 16 hour day! Stay away!! Oh, and let's not forget the $20K a year with 90K in student loans..
@deweyboy1 ...... sure....... so why did you not work, at an airline wich payd well enough at these times..... ??? Like the SWISSAIR in the late Seventies???
Ah never to be repeated. Luckily Air France will still let you in the cockpit as of December 16th 2009. Got to chat to the captain for about 2 hours in the flightdeck. The only way to get in the cockpit is if you are not over american waters or over american land, if you are they won't let you in. The good old days of flying... will miss them forever....
this video has a great piece of history behind it.. that most everyone who see's this video will never understand... Flying will NEVER be the same unfortunately.
1993, yeah, try hanging out with the pilots and sitting in the captain's seat these days. I remember visiting the cockpit as a kid in the 80's. Back when they still served real food on domestic flights, and gave out little wings and styrofoam airplanes. I used to aspire to a career as a commercial pilot. Turns out, I'm an artist, but it's just as well. Commercial aviation isn't what it used to be.
I remember those days too, being able to meet your family at the gate. Heck we used to go to the airport to have dinner at one of the restaurants. I remember visiting the cockpit once your twice when I was 5 and 6. I remember flying on 727s and once got to fly an L1011, both now long since retired. i remember being excited to fly. Those were the days, sadly they are never to be repeated.
Yeah I remember the wings, I also have some from when I was a kid from Delta and Alaska Airlines. Also Alaska gave out these little white MD80 toys that were about the length of your index finger.
You apparently do not know what socialism is. Like, look at Germany for example. It is a social-democracy, and they still have a lot more freedoms then the USA has now.
That he was allowed to sit down in the Captain's seat and that he even was allowed to touch the controls in flight (!!) was very, very unusual even in 1993 (probaly it was forbidden even then).
Yes the Good Old Days of flying. My dad was an F/E and I always flew in the cockpit. They would even let me sit in the right seat once in a while, I loved it so.
Those days I am sad to say are gone with the eind.
lol.that was a very nice times in early 90's.nobody thought about plane kiddnaping... I remeber myself in pan-am 747 cockpit .... that was a good old times....
I flew with a guy ONCE that looked and sounded like Jack Palance.
Maybe I shouldn't tell tales out of school but about 20 years ago one of the senior guys with the company I was flying for snapped and murdered his wife. She had been an F.A. for Pan Am. I may be wrong about this but I think he tried to dispose of the body with a woodchipper. I don't think it
made the front page.
They're really coming down hard now on pilots. You overshoot your destination and its headlines.
Having done both, flying for a major sched is the SECOND best job in the world.
Flying fighters beat it every day. But outside of that it's more fun than humans should be allowed to have--or rather, it was, before 9/11. Things changed in a heartbeat and with the world economy as fragile as it is young guys don't have the seniority to avoid furlough when the economy tanks.
Still in all, a bad day flying is better than good day anyplace else.
I flew twice pre 9/11. It's not that enjoyable anymore it's kind of sad to see what it has all become. Another thing that sucks is no smoking in the airport. that makes me rage so hard whole building is like a mile long and there can't be one bar I can have a smoke in? Granted you can smoke in a few places still but it's very rare. How is that fair :'(
is that with airline training also?amazing how anyone in this current economy can afford a training flight... even in a Cessna 172.
p.s, im from uk lol. i think my cousin went to 3 different destinations for training...i believe 1 of them was in greece somewhere. that was the cheapest. elsewhere like here it is still very expensive.
can you afford to do it? if you can then bloody well do it lol. career for life...or until the oil runs out!!!
i live in portugal and here we still can do it. It's very cool and sometimes we can stay in there at take-off or landing. That have already happaned to me but i was only 15. But i liked it very much
I remember those days. You could get on-board and talk to the captain..check out the cock pit. As a kid those were great memories. Now there's a bullet proof door with a fish eye see through and good luck even LOOKING in that direction while getting on and off.
AF flew 763s into SFO? Never knew. I remember for a short while they flew 772s in here, KLM also flew the 763s in here for a month or so. Learned something new.
Air France did operate the 767-300ER to SFO out of CDG, this video indicates it was produced in 1993, at which time the 777 was not operated. It is also a 767 cockpit
how you found so nice crew, so nice pilots? Oh my God you did one of my dream, they do not accept me to have you opportunity, please teach me what I have to say next time, I'm crazy for B747, it will be my happiest day to be in B747 cockpit even just for 5 minutes.
I used to visit the cockpit too every time we travelled by plane, and I'd love to do that all over again. Too bad you can't go visit the cockpit anymore after 9/11; Damn..
Great video! Very lucky to let you sit at the controls, I'd never heard of that. Maybe that was going a bit too far. But it's sad that no-one trusts anyone anymore. I sat in the cockpit of a 747-400 during a landing once and it was an awesome experience; I feel sorry for the new generation of young people who won't get the same chance now.
yea i sat in the cockpit of a 747 400 while flying at night over las vegas on air new zealand flight from new zealand to america. was the best thing that ive ever experienced!
To bad after the 9-11, they dont let anyone do it nomore because they might think its a terrorist but im studying to be a flight attedant although i always wanted to be an airline pilot =[...
Get that frog out of the left hand seat! To be fair though I am the biggest critic of the way over the top reaction to the overblown terrorist threat but the cockpit ban does make sense. If we didnt have it just think how easy it would be for someone to act all friendly get into the cockpit and then pull a knife on the crew once in there. Its sad but this is one of the laws enacted after 9/11 that simply makes sense.
Yeah the good'ol days,Now we can't do jack on a plane,cause those Terrorist of 911.I'd be going to the cockpit of every flight i go on if it woulden't had happend...
9/11 or no 9/11 they shouldn't let somebody sit in the cockpit with his hand on the yoke...
MrChuck2221 3 months ago
I was 4 months old
myrandomspaces 3 months ago
@myownmedia Imperialistic acts of US government caused people in middle east to get pissed and join terrorist organizations, I would blame US government from this.
Pvjinflight 4 months ago
Holy shit!! You'd need written permission from the President just to see a cockpit today. I can't imagine going in and sitting in the pilot's seat! I don't know if Doug (Air Canada) ever let anyone sit at the controls, but he was always very happy to have people come and visit the cockpit. I've been on flights with the cockpit door open too, which was cool. Alas, my last flight was in '99 and I'm not flying again if I can help it.
8Ho03EdONl1liL 5 months ago
Thanks Al Queda
sinfuldavy0 5 months ago
Those were the friendly days before the TSA.
n310ea 5 months ago
It's funny to see the pilot get out a map, What, I thought you knew the directions? No, I thought you did.
handyreis 5 months ago
Haha nous français !
VinzAirlines 7 months ago
I remember flying back from Holland to Ghana in a KLM 777 and i wen tin the cockpit!
omarvandenberg 7 months ago
I go in the cockpit when landed.
hamham500 9 months ago
ugh i wish i was older before 9 11 so i could have gotten to do this but today would be denied big time
joshrules1414 9 months ago
@joshrules1414 I've heard that many non-US airlines still let you do this.
artistgmg 9 months ago
@artistgmg It's against ICAO regs to have non-crew in the cockpit of a commercial flight (Since 9/11) so if they do it's illegal. There must also be a lockable door between cabin and cockpit (where practicable) - (ICAO Annex 17)
flyingturnip1 7 months ago
@flyingturnip1 At least before / after flight you can go to cockpit on ground.
Pvjinflight 4 months ago
@joshrules1414 not really........ just recently delta airlins gave me a chance to go in the cockpit of a boeing 757.... if your lucky it could happen to you.... who knows???
DATKIDUCE 6 months ago
Enjoyable flying - just another thing ticked off, on the NWO list of "things we can stop to enforce the Terror myth".
Isn't life just great today... getting better all the time. Thing is, there've been simply SO many improvements to the way we live in the last fifteen years or so, I can't remember them. Perhaps someone can list them all to help me out.
CodeTwo2 9 months ago
Great video. Brings back happy memories of when I went up to the cockpit on a BA flight back from Munich when I was 17 years old. The pilots even allowed me to stay in the cockpit for landing. A great experience, such a shame my children will never experience this these days.
tearfulfilms 9 months ago
I remembered flying on NWA's DC-9's, the cockpit door always remained open during taxi, but as soon as you were in position they would close the door
bktodc 11 months ago
When I was 6 I got to go to the flight deck of an Airbus, but I don't remember what kind... 2 months later was 9/11, so I was among the last to receive this privilege :)
TheTenderhooligan 11 months ago
@TheTenderhooligan
if you ever go to europe and you have to connect a flight, if the second airline is european they will let you go to the cockpit still. I know KLM allows this.
danny31235 10 months ago
With all the cooks flying these days, I'm glad they keep that cockpit door locked up.
joepatroni77 11 months ago
DID THEY REACH SAFELY.???????????
waqasayub22 11 months ago
I remember the first time when I got into the MD-80 cockpit, i was 7, and that was an amazing experience, now I'm an airline pilot and everytime Im flying I feel like
I was 7 and it's the first time I get into the cockpit
bote117 1 year ago 2
I remember the cockpit door remaining open and taking a peek into the cockpit while in flight. They actually had hot meals served on the planes then, and it was an enjoyable experience. Now it's like riding a commuter train or worse - a school bus. Yes, I hate the bastards that took the innocence out of flying and made it a chore. But there's my private moments looking out the window at 36,000 ft. at night, as the world passes by. Thank the pilots next time you leave the plane.
divisioneight 1 year ago
@divisioneight So true.
TheShadowPX 1 year ago
seeing this video makes me wanna go back in time to 9/11 and do anything to stop the two airplanes so nothing would happen and so its allowed to visit the cockpit again.. i dont wanna say this but,,,, F*ck all the peoples who were evolved in 9/11!!!!! D:<
maynardthepilot 1 year ago
@maynardthepilot but that with the pentagon will still happen if you only stop the 2 planes. And dont forget the plane on the way to the white house.
SEmichi14 1 year ago
@SEmichi14 right,, but you get my point xD
maynardthepilot 1 year ago
@maynardthepilot yes xP
SEmichi14 1 year ago
@maynardthepilot dude ur so right !
davidskrist 11 months ago
@igneousrocklad
there was a big aircraft accident in russia in the 90s
the captain had his son in controls for a few minutes but at the end this costed them there lives
every one in the airplane died, theu crashed in a mountin
to see the whole video go youtube and write
aircrash investigation, kid in the cockpit
i'm not saying that airplanes are dangerous i'm just saying that even if there was a chance of 0.001 of crashing an airplane they must avoid it
i'm a pilot by the way
Alyazeed2009 1 year ago
This is a cool video, not something we are used to seeing these days. Amazing that that was actualy aloud to go on in an air craft.
905605 1 year ago
Pre-9/11 days
ZA1Nable 1 year ago 2
@The12rspc , so what. I put my car on cruise control but never let go of the wheel. They are risking the lives potentially of hundreds of people.
yynnmmbb 1 year ago
@yynnmmbb
Dude. stop being so serious about everything.
First of all the probability of a car getting into an accident is way higher than a plane getting into an accident.
Second of all... cruise control is not the same as autopilot.
Third of all He is a former pilot.... and the autopilot wont disengage unless you command it to by pressing the disconnect button that sends off a very loud aural warning. im pretty sure some pilots touch the controls while they're flying. don't be so serious...
igneousrocklad 1 year ago
@yynnmmbb Really, you are comparing cruise control to autopilot? You obviously don't drive a vehicle and if you did, it never had cruise control, cause you seem to think CC steers the car, when all it does is hold the desired vehicle speed steady.
Lives would be risked by physically flying the full route, causing body fatigue to the pilot(s).
Alwayzsmilin 1 year ago
Those were the days indeed.
childsca 1 year ago
That old guy must be a pilot!
hearts76100 1 year ago
i remember when i was like probably four or three, the pilots let me sit on the pilot seat but they didnt let me touch the steering wheel. From since then i wanted to become a pilot, but my parents suggest i shouldnt
tubehead265 1 year ago
@tubehead265 How old are you ? Cause when you hit 18 you do whatever you want... we're not in 50s where parents would dictate their child's scholar education and make them become lawyers or doctors or whatever they wanted to do with YOUR life !!! Think about it. Would you like to spend 35-40 years of your life doing something you didn't even choose and might not even like ??? I guess not...
charlieechovictor 1 year ago
For non french speakers: he said at 1min02 "ITS OK IM A PILOT" and later " IT WORKS ( AIRPLANES) WELL NOWADAYS" and " ITS VERY STABLE" i guess he s a retired pilot ;-) 92= old days yeah!
MrMouns63 1 year ago
very unsafe pilots taking their hands off of the steering wheel.
yynnmmbb 1 year ago
@yynnmmbb wait, are you serious?
PilotUTA 1 year ago
I remember when I was ten and I got to sit inside of the cockpit of a 727 200, it was a really big deal when you were ten!
fordxbgtfalcon 1 year ago 15
@fordxbgtfalcon Sad that it can't still be that way. There used to be a magical allure to flying, but thanks to our good buddies over in the Sandbox, who like to crash planes into buildings, it takes it all away, and all we hav to look forward to now, is probing from the TSA, and strict rules.
scapilot1980 5 months ago
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TreAldMatVideo 1 year ago
The guy at 1:02 was he the one video taping at first or is he a relief pilot or something.
KYLEAKAFLYBOIK 1 year ago
@636555530 LOL yeah that's what you think. All this talk about becoming an airline pilot because its the best in the world is just plain fascination. You'll realize what it really is once you get into the real world.
Triple777ER 1 year ago
I remember when I was 5 years old, I got to go to the cockpit of a 737, and meet the pilots.
RontoTheDog 1 year ago
The world was a better place then.
IngloriusBastard11 1 year ago 2
i wish we can go back to those days
alsko 1 year ago
...I see a problem in the pilot seat.
BrendanIsCool 1 year ago
@636555530 Live the dream
cometoanend 1 year ago
thanks again towel heads! may you drown in pig blood!
etarheel1 1 year ago
The 911 not only affected the family of that tragic day. But it took away our freedom to meet the pilots during flight, going inside the cockpit, going thru security to meet people at arrivals and much much more. Truly those were the days when flying was a glamour. Hopping gates to gates to see your favorite airplane, able to smoke inside the aircraft. ( this I didn't care for ). Having a complete meal, instead of brown bag. Gifts, and much much more. Now these days, you can't do anything.
mymd11 1 year ago 2
@Callummtube me too
mrcisco3111 1 year ago
i wish 9/11 never happened so i can go in the cockpit
mrcisco3111 1 year ago 2
@mrcisco3111 Same here, damn extremists.
XxStalkerxSasquachXx 1 year ago
@mrcisco3111
You wish 9/11 never happened, so that you can go to the cockpit? Hmm... Because I wish 9/11 never happened, because thousands of innocent civilians died in a terrifying way.
RontoTheDog 1 year ago
@RontoTheDog were hypocrites for making a big deal outta 9/11 the people who died deserved respect no doubt it was bad.But we kill people in other countries who dont deserve it so we got wat was coming to us.
bombat417 1 year ago
@bombat417
Ook, yes. I am speaking of the events of 9/11 in particular though. No innocent civilian deserves to die, not even those in other countries. But I really didn't want to start a conversation on this. I was simply implying that it is kind of silly that mrcisco3111 did not want 9/11 to happen so that he could see the cockpit... As that does suck, i was saying that there are much deeper reasons to wish 9/11 never happened.
RontoTheDog 1 year ago
@RontoTheDog it also because many people died and it was sad
mrcisco3111 1 year ago
@AAvantage
AA flew between SFO and CDG with a 767-300ER , a direct flight, so why not AF ?
w67 1 year ago
@Callummtube It isn't just terrorist. A pilot let his son sit in the pilots seat (While auto pilot was on) so when the boy decided to mess around he turned off the auto pilot and sent them nose down. The boy was the only one close enough to get them up and couldn't. The boy, and his father, ended the lives of many people.
On another topic, I got my good flyers wings a long time ago. When at the end of a flight (Being 9 or 10) I got to chat with the pilots. It wasn't in the cockpit but fun.
poopsyproductions 1 year ago
when all flight attdents were nice and happy when pilots loved there job
RickMakesGoodVideos 1 year ago
Gone are these days thanks to fuckin terrorists!
6V92TA 1 year ago
@6V92TA that's one of m ambitions to visit an ailine cockpit :(
dominich4962 1 year ago
@dominich4962 same here dude. I remember growin up as a kid and catching the train to Cleveland Hopkins airport, goin thru security and visiting as many cockpits as i can in one day. Visited tons of cockpits....Delta, MD88s, American MD82s, TWA and American 727s, Countless Southwest 737s, a couple US Air planes, Northwest DC9s, United 737s, 757s and DC-10s....those were the days.
6V92TA 1 year ago
im the 90 000 viewer
SavaMarkovicPilot 1 year ago
@SavaMarkovicPilot lol
nathanfishing3000 1 year ago
Wow I did this when I was 6 years old. It was aTWA flight. Then aat the end of the flight I got pilot's wings for being a good flyer. Those were happy times, in Airline world. thanks for the great reminder, . All the best
EnnCamp 1 year ago
@EnnCamp Hahaha I remember when I got my "wings" for being a good flyer too. I am 31 yrs old now, I still have them. Sigh...you are right...those were the happy times, quite saddening what we have now huh? But...I'm currently going for my pilot's licence. Wish me luck!
doubleitp 1 year ago
till now 6 poor dorks do not like this video! I wonder know what kind of sheet they eat every day! this is a wonderfull video, something great, something that the nes generations will never live because of the terrorism policy! fuck off terrorists!
accuruneide 1 year ago
I clearly remember these days, and we can thank Islamo-Fascism for the degrading and stressful flying experience we suffer through now.
As for the French, they all need to understand who Charles Martel was, and why he had the right policy: Keep Islamo-Fascism out of France!
I certainly hope that all Air France pilots are now armed, and that all cockpit doors are steel armor-plated.
bboucharde 1 year ago
Wow
otosflashymoon 1 year ago
Yes, as you say, tohse were the friendly skys... Unfortunately It has changed a lot since then...
gonoje71 1 year ago
Yeah, I visited a cockpit as a child in a A 320...Old good days!
wollin20 1 year ago
@wollin20 i want to visite a 737 cockpit
nathanfishing3000 1 year ago
when this video was made i was 5 months old hahaha
myrandomspaces 1 year ago
wtf they used to let people in the cockpit??
ron44ald 1 year ago
@ron44ald yup still do sometimes
myrandomspaces 1 year ago
i only fly luftthansa with ex world war two pilots.
Rico8458 1 year ago
LOL i was born that day ! XDDDDDD
27th of October 1993!!!!! XDDDDD
Ricardo271093 1 year ago
OMG, pUT ME THERE NOW!
aviator147 1 year ago
cool flight crew, hopefully I'll fly with those kind of people later on too =)
Flyertt09 1 year ago
well my dad n my elder brother r pilots but i missed the chance..
sandesh20002000 1 year ago
I've been an airline pilot for 3 years and it's hands down the worst job in the world! Flying the plane is cool, but that's about 5% of the job. The rest is missing holidays, commuting, no time at home w family and friends, constant stress and being paid 3 hours while you work a 16 hour day! Stay away!! Oh, and let's not forget the $20K a year with 90K in student loans..
deweyboy1 1 year ago
@deweyboy1 ...... sure....... so why did you not work, at an airline wich payd well enough at these times..... ??? Like the SWISSAIR in the late Seventies???
wodanowitz 1 year ago
@deweyboy1 Im guessing you used to fly regional in the States. haha
SJB173 1 year ago
@deweyboy1 i hate persons who say that.. so why the hell you became a airline pilot?
cosminx2003 1 year ago
Ah never to be repeated. Luckily Air France will still let you in the cockpit as of December 16th 2009. Got to chat to the captain for about 2 hours in the flightdeck. The only way to get in the cockpit is if you are not over american waters or over american land, if you are they won't let you in. The good old days of flying... will miss them forever....
oliverman22 1 year ago
fuck middle easterns...
Redskins1726 1 year ago
this video has a great piece of history behind it.. that most everyone who see's this video will never understand... Flying will NEVER be the same unfortunately.
mrwmwx 2 years ago 4
1993, yeah, try hanging out with the pilots and sitting in the captain's seat these days. I remember visiting the cockpit as a kid in the 80's. Back when they still served real food on domestic flights, and gave out little wings and styrofoam airplanes. I used to aspire to a career as a commercial pilot. Turns out, I'm an artist, but it's just as well. Commercial aviation isn't what it used to be.
LateNightCable 2 years ago
I remember those days too, being able to meet your family at the gate. Heck we used to go to the airport to have dinner at one of the restaurants. I remember visiting the cockpit once your twice when I was 5 and 6. I remember flying on 727s and once got to fly an L1011, both now long since retired. i remember being excited to fly. Those were the days, sadly they are never to be repeated.
goob67896 2 years ago
@goob67896 Hell yeah! Do you remember when the airlines gave out the pin on wings? I still have mine from Eastern Airlines when I was a kid.
pettyofficer30 1 year ago
@pettyofficer30
Yeah I remember the wings, I also have some from when I was a kid from Delta and Alaska Airlines. Also Alaska gave out these little white MD80 toys that were about the length of your index finger.
goob67896 1 year ago
wow!! this video has been recorder on my birthday 27 oct 1993!! AND I'M STUDYNG TO BECOME A PILOT.. ITS INCREDIBLE I DCOVERED IT JUST NOW!
usssp 2 years ago 28
happy birthday. I want to make love with u.
Schlomothebest 2 years ago
@usssp Good for you. Are you going to start as a regional pilot?
pettyofficer30 1 year ago
@usssp haha mines the 28th of october! im not studying to become a pilot yet
nastypop 9 months ago
I miss the days when we could just go up and visit the pilots. :(
EXAir113 2 years ago 2
MEGAPIXEL of the camera please!!!
jawadsaeed07 2 years ago
@dan64456
You apparently do not know what socialism is. Like, look at Germany for example. It is a social-democracy, and they still have a lot more freedoms then the USA has now.
Inform yourself before making such statements.
NSFThunderbird 2 years ago
That he was allowed to sit down in the Captain's seat and that he even was allowed to touch the controls in flight (!!) was very, very unusual even in 1993 (probaly it was forbidden even then).
FTStratLP 2 years ago
Yes the Good Old Days of flying. My dad was an F/E and I always flew in the cockpit. They would even let me sit in the right seat once in a while, I loved it so.
Those days I am sad to say are gone with the eind.
jmstowe 2 years ago
m still learning at chimes aviation. hope even ill cherish these days.
chimesaviationa123 2 years ago
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chimesaviationa123 2 years ago
Wow you were lucky :P
Spy1228 2 years ago
lol.that was a very nice times in early 90's.nobody thought about plane kiddnaping... I remeber myself in pan-am 747 cockpit .... that was a good old times....
alfonsh82 2 years ago
The guy in the captains seat at 0:55 looks exactly like Larry David
Tom672 2 years ago
I flew with a guy ONCE that looked and sounded like Jack Palance.
Maybe I shouldn't tell tales out of school but about 20 years ago one of the senior guys with the company I was flying for snapped and murdered his wife. She had been an F.A. for Pan Am. I may be wrong about this but I think he tried to dispose of the body with a woodchipper. I don't think it
made the front page.
They're really coming down hard now on pilots. You overshoot your destination and its headlines.
YD8189 2 years ago
It's larry david !
Schlomothebest 2 years ago
Having done both, flying for a major sched is the SECOND best job in the world.
Flying fighters beat it every day. But outside of that it's more fun than humans should be allowed to have--or rather, it was, before 9/11. Things changed in a heartbeat and with the world economy as fragile as it is young guys don't have the seniority to avoid furlough when the economy tanks.
Still in all, a bad day flying is better than good day anyplace else.
YD8189 2 years ago
I flew twice pre 9/11. It's not that enjoyable anymore it's kind of sad to see what it has all become. Another thing that sucks is no smoking in the airport. that makes me rage so hard whole building is like a mile long and there can't be one bar I can have a smoke in? Granted you can smoke in a few places still but it's very rare. How is that fair :'(
wompasdub 2 years ago
is that with airline training also?amazing how anyone in this current economy can afford a training flight... even in a Cessna 172.
p.s, im from uk lol. i think my cousin went to 3 different destinations for training...i believe 1 of them was in greece somewhere. that was the cheapest. elsewhere like here it is still very expensive.
can you afford to do it? if you can then bloody well do it lol. career for life...or until the oil runs out!!!
LaminaDieWills 2 years ago
if you havent got the qualifications, it'll cost you over 100'000 of whatever your home currency is, and 4 years of your life.
a member of my family just did it, cost £97'000, incl, first flight lessons and simulator stuff etc etc.
Mid you he is on £80'000 a year in his first year as FO so it sort of pays for itself. He flies the A32X series!
LaminaDieWills 2 years ago
i live in portugal and here we still can do it. It's very cool and sometimes we can stay in there at take-off or landing. That have already happaned to me but i was only 15. But i liked it very much
flightplayer 2 years ago
I remember those days. You could get on-board and talk to the captain..check out the cock pit. As a kid those were great memories. Now there's a bullet proof door with a fish eye see through and good luck even LOOKING in that direction while getting on and off.
FLATTSFANATIC 2 years ago 4
good old days. good salaries
balgurjit82 2 years ago
GOOD OLD DAYS!
defaultytuser 2 years ago
Its amazing how every thing changed, You can even go into the cockpit any more till the plane has safely landed.
yonasall 2 years ago 2
AF flew 763s into SFO? Never knew. I remember for a short while they flew 772s in here, KLM also flew the 763s in here for a month or so. Learned something new.
ChasenSFO 2 years ago
The memories we shared you can't erased them from your mind... All the days gone by...
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applesweeter 2 years ago
LOL! I'm a "christian pig"? Your mother likes eating pork then!
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tarek0tube 2 years ago
Holy cow! Those were definitely the good old days, but you were extra lucky to have such cool pilots to let you sit in the big chair. Just awesome!
nojyt 2 years ago
757 to from italy to brazil? that's too long of a flight to be cramped in a single aisle plane.
rania3830 2 years ago
Yes I agree. I think the airline uses 767's now but I know they did use the 757 from Italy to Brazil. Must have been horrible!
BurialMusic 2 years ago
cockpit sterling damn i hate this
strangerx1 2 years ago
So back in 1993, Air France offered B767 service nonstop on CDG-SFO? I know currently, AF either uses the B744 or the A340-300 on that flight.
The B763 is capable to fly that route as United used that aircraft on its final months of SFO-CDG service.
DaPlatinumJedi 2 years ago
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RipCurlUno 2 years ago
Air France did operate the 767-300ER to SFO out of CDG, this video indicates it was produced in 1993, at which time the 777 was not operated. It is also a 767 cockpit
Sootytr 2 years ago
My sister worked for twa I got to see a cockpit of a 737 once back in the early 90's as well..
It was the coolest thing i got to see ever!
Best thing too about it was it was a plane I flew in..
It was on the ground when I saw the cockpit they were preping to taxi.. it was damn cool!!
orangie84 2 years ago
It wasn't a TWA 737 -- they never flew that type of aircraft.
indy2001A 2 years ago
yes they did
rsfan010 2 years ago
i wish the world could be like this 2day aswell =[ !!!
nxge 2 years ago
1 year b4 i was born!! Damn things were so desi back then :P
Tarnjit69 2 years ago
i would love to visit the cockpit on a long flight like that. oh well, one can still dream...
pilotwave 2 years ago
if we ever got that close to a cockpit now of days, u wud have three holes n yo head, thanx to terrorists!!!!!
jaybizz24 2 years ago 9
I agree! damn terrorists!!
JSAirways 2 years ago
Hehe, I did amsterdam-Los angeles.
Took us like 15 hours total... damn I was messed up XD
AntonyTH 2 years ago
how you found so nice crew, so nice pilots? Oh my God you did one of my dream, they do not accept me to have you opportunity, please teach me what I have to say next time, I'm crazy for B747, it will be my happiest day to be in B747 cockpit even just for 5 minutes.
kondordv 3 years ago
1 day and two years before I was born!
Keagkid 3 years ago
A little too friendly perhaps?
windh 3 years ago
those days it was still possible... see it in the video okt. 27 1993
Orryv 2 years ago
ha trop cool ! Ce serait vraiment 'formidable' :) de pouvoir accéder au cockpit comme autrefois. Ces maudits térroristes....
rizzeau 3 years ago
tu peux le faire si tu connais le capitaine
1053857 3 years ago
wow im suprised you could do this even before 9/11 in another country
Beanz920 3 years ago
I used to visit the cockpit too every time we travelled by plane, and I'd love to do that all over again. Too bad you can't go visit the cockpit anymore after 9/11; Damn..
MisterDirtyWorkz 3 years ago
I wish people could come see me when I'm flying. It would pass the time so much faster!
tubeyou443 3 years ago
This was filmed 2 days before i was born xD in October 30, 1993
wetdog54 3 years ago
Oh my gosh! WHat a coincidence! Just 1 year and 1 month and 23 days since I was born!
lol jk.
Nice vid.
tubeyou443 3 years ago
- @ 'wetdog54; ymmijR; tubeyou443' -
I was turning 20 years old 18 days from the time this was filmed! Now I'm 35! woot!
You guys should be getting your drivers license soon?
Anyways....I wonder if the pilots miss this or are glad they don't get disturbed anymore.
pmgodfrey 3 years ago
un pasajero en los mandos de un avion de pasajeros ??
a altitud cruzeroo ?
eso es incorregiblee!
culpa de eso huvo un accidente de un Airbus a310
nada mas
inrresponsable de tu parte
saludos
andresscba 3 years ago
Wow!! So fucking rare!!
An Air France 767 footage!!
Thanks a lot.
JFKenji 3 years ago
AF doesen't fly B767 anymore...fuck all the guys for 9.11!
gopussycat 3 years ago 2
fuck those cunts of 911! kill em all
relativeair 3 years ago 3
Great video! Very lucky to let you sit at the controls, I'd never heard of that. Maybe that was going a bit too far. But it's sad that no-one trusts anyone anymore. I sat in the cockpit of a 747-400 during a landing once and it was an awesome experience; I feel sorry for the new generation of young people who won't get the same chance now.
iceman95 3 years ago 3
yea i sat in the cockpit of a 747 400 while flying at night over las vegas on air new zealand flight from new zealand to america. was the best thing that ive ever experienced!
relativeair 3 years ago 2
I know he got lucky he sat in the captains seat.
To bad after the 9-11, they dont let anyone do it nomore because they might think its a terrorist but im studying to be a flight attedant although i always wanted to be an airline pilot =[...
XA395XA 3 years ago
the gimli glider!!
supyowhoa 3 years ago
Get that frog out of the left hand seat! To be fair though I am the biggest critic of the way over the top reaction to the overblown terrorist threat but the cockpit ban does make sense. If we didnt have it just think how easy it would be for someone to act all friendly get into the cockpit and then pull a knife on the crew once in there. Its sad but this is one of the laws enacted after 9/11 that simply makes sense.
RexBanner1980 3 years ago
Is that a 767
PianoDood567 3 years ago
Yes
mitchellboon 3 years ago
Yeah the good'ol days,Now we can't do jack on a plane,cause those Terrorist of 911.I'd be going to the cockpit of every flight i go on if it woulden't had happend...
kevobuddy10 3 years ago
Its great to see that air france allows passengers to sit at the controls. Is in the 1 to a million
mtegleston 3 years ago
thats how it was.....once upon a time
clearancedelivery 3 years ago
i used to visit the cockpit too in the old days...it's too bad, the way things are now.
senosab 3 years ago
767?
krlos116 3 years ago
Yes is its a 767
mitchellboon