How can the cabin crew enter the cockpit while in flight? I have read that they have to enter a code, and.....

Question

..... then the door opens? If this is true, is this code changed for every flight (I assume)?

Answer 1

the cabin crew just have to call them first via the interphone as they know the code but they have to give notice of they desire to enter.

Answer 2

I am not sure, but I am pretty sure they don't want anyone else knowing either.

Answer 3

In a lot of situations, the cabin crew is called via the phone and told then want to enter.  When the knock comes at the door, there is a peep-hole so the crew can verify who it is.

The unlocking process in many regional jets is a manual one (the FO gets up and opens the door).  On newer aircraft, such as the airbus, there is a button on the console which opens the door.

As far as codes, I am not familiar with a keypad to enter a code (though some Boeings may have them).  What we used to use was a predetermined knock at the door.  If you knock this way you are let in.  No joke, our FOM actually had (example: shave and a haircut....) in it.  used to crack me up every time I saw it.

Hope this helps answer your question.

Answer 4

The cabin crew calls the flight deck and says they need to get in. The flight deck then verifies its them by looking through the peep hole. If the pilot needs the cabin crew in the flight deck the flight deck calls the cabin crew and requests they come up and when they do they check the peep hole to make sure its them. Pilots leave the flight deck to go to the bathroom during the flight. Whenever the flight deck door is open the cabin crew block the area around the flight deck. This is the way it was done on an ASA CRJ.

Answer 5

Re: Steven....

I'm not a pilot, but I did see just that when the pilot needed to use the bathroom.

The tiny and really cute flight attendant with the perm. smile transformed herself into Godzilla as she blocked the area.

A woman nearby stood up to use the bathroom...All the attendant did was point to her seat and say, "Sit down, please."

When the pilot returned to the cockpit, she morphed back into her sweet little self!

Man.... I did not even want to ask her for a blanket after that!

Answer 6

I am not sure but i think that there is few locks. The crew knocks on the door and then can let them in. But Im not 100 percent sure. I saw it in a movie.

Answer 7

Most cockpit doors have a coded keypad which will unlock the door after a short delay.  The pilot's can deny the entry by hitting a switch.  Also there is a mechanical deadbolt which they can throw to allow only key access (in addition to the key pad) or deny all access.

Also the door doesn't open the way normal aircraft doors open.  When we first got them installed some of the crew had problems, thinking the door was locked when it really wasn't.  I won't elaborate any further.

Answer 8

On some commercial aircraft (many Boeings, for example) there is a keypad next to the flight deck door.  The keypad allows the cabin crew to request access to the flight deck.  Generaly, the codes are not changed for each flight, rather on a month-by-month basis.

Simply entering the code does not open the lock on the flight deck door.  Once the proper code has been entered, the pilots are notified via a chime that someone is requesting access to the flight deck.  Once the chime sounds, they have a set time to allow or deny the request.  This is usually done with a switch which has 'ALLOW' and 'DENY' selections.

If no action is taken by the pilot, another set of chimes activates prior to the door automatically unlocking.  This allows access to the flight deck if both pilots become incapacitated.  For instance, if they both had fish for lunch :)

Generally, the pilots will have been advised by the cabin crew they would like to come up, so when a correct code has been entered, it is not a suprise to the pilots.

Suprising pilots is generally not a good idea, since many are FFDOs (armed).

Answer 9

the code is 1...2...3...4...5.

For the significance of this code, watch the movie 'Spaceballs.'

Answer 10

Some have keypads next to the door which you would enter a code (usually 4 digits) to gain entry. Others have a button which sets off an alarm in the cockpit and will unlock the door after 30 seconds. The crew can always lock the door and not allow anyone in whether you have the code or not. The codes are not changed very often due to the complexity of notifying everyone involved.

Answer 11

yes there is a key pad lock...

And on planes without them they have a special "knock" which the pilot (captain) decides and tells the F/A who will be handling first class section.

the knock code may be three knocks  3 sec wait and then another knock....

Just depends....