3) Please clarify this.
What I meant is ... can we have an option so that the "operate stairs" is issued automatically after an "operate jetways" command has taken place ?
I'm kind of curious as to why you would want to operate the stairs in the first place if you're already using a jetway. I don't know too many places where they would be doing this.
In the first place ? I didn't say that.
I did say I would love to have the stairs automatically connected soon after I have connected the jetway.
Most FS gates with jetways don't have external stairs of their own, so having some stairs connected to the aft doors allow ground access. Cleaning crews outta use them, I don't think they board - like passengers - from inside the terminal ... do they ?
Pretty sure the cleaning crew shows up in a truck that raises up to the door like the catering truck does, so they wouldn't even need stairs at all. In all my years of flying, admittedly almost entirely in the United States, I have never seen stairs AND a jetway be used at the same time.
Good. Let the crews crouch, as I've already shown in my previous screenshots. I have no idea how tall a 737 door really is, too, but I seriously doubt the real ones do ... pax themselves should crouch too. If their height is adequate, removing the crouch should be enough.
Fun fact: Doorway of the left forward entry door on a 737 is 34 x 72 inches. Doorway of the left aft entry door on a 737 is 30 x 72 inches. Doorway of the service doors on the right side on a 737 is 30 x 65 inches. 65 inches is 5'5". So yes, the crew would, in fact, have to crouch in order to avoid hitting the door. In fact, whenever I board a 737, I have to duck down, so I don't slam my head into the doorway (already found this out the hard way on one flight when I hadn't quite ducked down far enough and actually got stuck in the doorway, friend had to push me out of the way).
I have no idea how tall a 737 door really is, and if it's required to crouch to enter in real life, but that's besides the point.
I just checked, you actually do have to for the service doors since they're only 65 inches tall. Even as a passenger, I have to in order to avoid hitting my head against the top of the doorway.