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Biden Administration To Require Bigger Restrooms On Planes

by Gary Leff on July 12, 2023

Jul 12 2023

Aircraft lavatories have been getting smaller and smaller, as airlines try to squeeze in more seats. They can get a half an inch per row with less padding in the seats. They’ve been removing closets and making the galleys where flight attendants work smaller. That’s ok, they’re serving less food too, so there’s less to store there. And they’ve been making the bathrooms smaller too.

The Biden administration plans to do something about that, in the name of accessibility.

Flight Attendant Demands To Know Why Passenger Needs The Bathroom, Says Her Answer Is Harassment

by Gary Leff on February 22, 2023

Feb 22 2023

Right on the heels of that spicy flight attendant telling people they shouldn’t use the lavatory when they first board a plane, a JetBlue flight attendant confronts a passenger demanding to know why they could possibly need to use the lavatory since they’d spent a three hour delay in the terminal. And the crewmember even went so far as to claim airplane toilets don’t flush while the plane is on the ground.

Spicy Flight Attendant Shares Why Not To Use The Lavatory When You First Board A Plane

by Gary Leff on February 19, 2023

Feb 19 2023

‘Spicy’ flight attendant Cierra Mistt is back, offer more dubious tips. This time it’s about using the bathroom on the plane when you first get onto the aircraft. She thinks it’s a bad idea for two reasons. You’re getting in the way of flight attendants preparing for departure, and because if you’re in the lavatory you’ll mess up the passenger count.

Woman Turned Away From American Airlines First Class Lavatory Claims Discrimination

by Gary Leff on July 27, 2022

Jul 27 2022

After flying between Dallas – Fort Worth and Detroit, a woman took to twitter to share her experience trying to use the first class lavatory as a passenger sitting at the front of the coach cabin. She’s not a frequent flyer, asked a flight attendant where the restroom was, and she says she was told to use the restroom in front.

However when she got there she felt scolded and was sent back to use the coach lavatory. And while she’s black, she reports that white passengers were allowed to use that lavatory without a scolding.

Delta Flight To London Without Water, Crew Dump Bottles Down The Toilet Every 20 Minutes

by Gary Leff on July 8, 2022

Jul 08 2022

Attorney Jordan Acker took to social media to complain about his Detroit – London Heathrow flight on Delta. But it wasn’t one of the usual complaints – delays, long telephone hold times, lost or damaged bags – the seven and a half hour Airbus A330 flight, he said, lacked water. According to crew on the aircraft, water had been an ongoing issue with the aircraft, though Delta did not confirm this.

US Government Plans To Require Larger Bathrooms On Planes – But Starting 20 Years From Now

by Gary Leff on May 26, 2022

May 26 2022

Since narrowbody aircraft are used on the vast majority of domestic flights, and even the vast majority of domestic flights over 1500 miles (American Airlines uses Airbus A321s for its ‘premium’ cross country flights between New York and San Francisco, Los Angeles and Orange County) it’s a major challenge.

And it means that non-stop flights are generally off the table for a subset of passengers unable to use modern narrowbody bathrooms. They have to connect using flights no longer than they’re able to ‘hold it’.

JetBlue Operates Four Hour Flight Without A Restroom: Wet Pants And Desperate Faces

by Gary Leff on April 11, 2022

Apr 11 2022

There were wet pants and faces of desperation on JetBlue flight 1830 from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic to Boston Saturday as the 3 hour 50 minute flight operated without a working lavatory. JetBlue disputes this story.

Are Coach Passengers Allowed To Use The First Class Lavatory?

by Gary Leff on December 12, 2021

Dec 12 2021

Which lavatory are you allowed to use on your flight? If you’re a coach passenger, can you use the bathroom up front in first class? What if a flight attendant’s drink cart is blocking the aisle and you can’t make your way to the back and you really have to go?

Charlotte Airport Has No Water, Passengers Please Use The Lav Before Deplaning

by Gary Leff on October 18, 2021

Oct 18 2021

A major water main break has deprived the Charlotte airport of water. Restaurants have to close. People can’t use the restrooms, let alone wash their hands (I seem to remember something about needing to do this frequently and for 20 seconds).

American Airlines is telling passengers that they should use lavatories on board their aircraft prior to deplaning.

United Flight Attendants Union: It’s Unrealistic For Passengers To Expect Clean Lavatories

by Gary Leff on September 23, 2021

Sep 23 2021

When you fly an Asian or quality Middle Eastern airline, you expect that lavatories will stay relatively clean throughout the flight. I’ve seen ANA flight attendants cleaning restrooms between passengers, and Emirates has even had staff on its A380s dedicated to this cleaning.

After a long haul flight on a U.S. airline, though, it’s almost de rigueur to expect that by the end of the trip lavatories look like something out of a post-apocalyptic zombie film where we everyone must band together to rebuild humanity out of the ashes.