Left loaders 1 and 2
Question: The captain of an airliner always sits in the left-hand cockpit
seat with the co-pilot to the right. How did this universal practice arise and
does it serve any useful purpose other than fulfilling a convention?
Question: On a recent flight to Washington DC it struck me that I have always
boarded airliners from the left, never the right. How did this practice begin
and is there any reason why?
These two questions are best answered together. First, it’s obvious that all
commercial aircraft need to have their doors on the same side so…
