"I could see the pilots inside, taking photos of the city," she said.
Locking system means that the door cannot be entered unless the pilot inside allows someone to enter.
The Germanwings A320 cockpit door could be unlocked by a code inputted on a key pad just outside, but the pilot inside could push a button which barred such entry for five minutes, long enough to bring down a plane.
The timing of Monday's strike, the latest in a series by remotely piloted American aircraft inside Pakistan, coincided with the first official visit by Mr. Gilani to the United States.
After a string of personal bankruptcies among recently qualified cadets (which she says have now peaked), Wendy Pursey, head of membership and career services at Balpa, wrote a pamphlet, Becoming A Pilot: The Inside Track.
As nice and feature-laden as the Pilot is inside, at first we had mixed feelings about actually driving it.
The giant robots, piloted by space cadets inside them: are they a symbol of the second world war, or an image of alienation, or do they correspond to Japan's army of "socially inept information junkies"?
In May 2002, Cameron piloted his robotic cameras inside the wreck of the DKM Bismarck, at a depth of 16,000 feet, for the documentary Expedition Bismarck.
Perhaps there's a fighter pilot inside me desperate to get out - who knows.
Casio's G-Shock "Sky Cockpit" watch resists turning and churning for people like pilots inside an acrobatic airplane.
