Originally Posted By: BranShea

Anyway, it's stairway to heaven, (very much outside everything) not steps. whistle


I love that song. I once started a collection, trying to find it by as as many artist as I could...I wonder what happened to it frown


I was talking to a pilot friend and happen to think about this step/stair Q, so I asked what were the steps called that get people into the plane.
Its an AIRSTAIR. It may be fixed to an aircraft and lowered or raised to allow passengers to board or disembark from an aircraft, though most larger airlines use a mobile staircase or walkway.
A safety device called a Cooper Vain was fitted to prevent the airstair be used while a plane is flying after a hijacker used this as escape route in 1971.