Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Other / Unknown; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Equipment Issue
General None Reported / Taken
Airport
It is impossible to egress the jetway at Gate XX at MYR. The jetway doors lock from the inside; and there is no exit button or push bar that will allow you to exit the jetway into the terminal. These codes are obviously not available to Passengers or even Crew Members. You must enter the security code to exit the terminal door even from the inside. Same thing for the door to the ramp at the bottom of the jetway. These are the only jetways in the system that I am aware of that lock you in at the top of the jetway. In the event an evacuation from the aircraft is necessary for a fire; smoke or some other emergency; people are going to pile up in the jetway with no means of escape into the terminal. Exit buttons that unlock the terminal doors from the inside allowing egress from a jetway that has become dangerous should be installed immediately.
Air Carrier pilot reported the jetway at their gate at MYR airport cannot be opened from the inside which would be a hazard during an emergency evacuation.