event that a pilot had to leave to use the bathroom or do any other normal thing, and a flight attendant was then introduced into the pilot to sit with the second pilot that was still there, what would that flight attendant, for example, be expected to be able to do? presumably they would be able to open that door. also to ensure there were no she nan a gan nan i gans in the cockpit? they would obviously be capable of opening the door. what else goes on in there i can t tell you. it is a great puzzle right now what really transpired in that cockpit. the airplane is very sophisticated, rachel. it is so sophisticated, that it will not allow you to do things that will allow you to destroy the airplane. you have to follow certain procedure in order to make changes. in order to do that you would have to be able to program into that console, the computer the fact that you want the nose down, you want the airplane to maintain the same air speed. you want the airplane to maintain the same he