Reply #60: Cockpit visitors?

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Aw yeah, us sky gods always got a kick out of that, at least I did.
I wish now I'd written down some of the questions and comments they made. Grown ups too. Priceless.

In his heyday, I had Johhny Carson on a red-eye from JFK to LAX. He slept the first half of the flight and then came up on the jumpseat for the last half. We pretty much got a 3 hour monologue of jokes and inside Hollywood/TV stories that he could NEVER tell on his show. He was an aviation buff and I let him sit up in my seat for a while (auto-pilot ON). I don't think that was quite within the rules, even back then.

Back in the olden, pre-hijacking days we'd leave the cockpit door open and folks could wander up and chat and have a look around.
I put Miz t. in the jumpseat (right behind me and looking over my shoulder)for a couple of landings. She was way impressed.