The Federal Aviation Administration and United Airlines are looking into how a member of the Colorado Rockies traveling party got into the cockpit during a charter flight and sat in the captain’s chair, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.Based on a since-deleted video posted to social media, The Denver Post identified the person sitting at the controls of the team’s April 10 flight as hitting coach Hensley Meulens.”Had some fun in the cockpit on our flight from Denver to Toronto,” Meulens wrote in the caption, per The Post. “Thanks to the captain and the first officer of our United charter that allowed me this great experience.”The report added that Meulens can be heard making a joke about landing the plane. In addition, a second, unidentified coach entered the cockpit at some point.Meulens, 56, played in 182 games in the major leagues from 1989-98.Federal regulations, made more strict following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, limit who has access to the cockpit.
