Did Delta forget to put Delta One Lavs on 767-400
May 22, 2017, 1:35 pm
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May 22, 2017, 1:38 pm
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I remember once a Captain came out and explained why we might find a lav locked (D1 on 764) "on a 400 the lavs are always behind you" -- and so they might lock one so that when a pilot came for a break (so they wouldn't have to wait).
May 22, 2017, 1:39 pm
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Funny. Family relative had a similar incident when they were 5 or 6. Lets just say no one wanted to go in the closest for a bit. They woke up middle of the night, in new house walked to bathroom in parents room, and half asleep thought they made it. Instead turned one door too soon. Half asleep walked to where the toilet would've been. The rest is history. 
May 22, 2017, 1:41 pm
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If crew lock an aircraft lavatory in order to reserve it for their own use, please report this to DL. It's not acceptable. A couple years ago folks were reporting this happening on the A330 TATL flights.
May 22, 2017, 1:43 pm
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May 22, 2017, 1:58 pm
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Nice thing about having wifi on an international flight, my complaint was lodged within minutes! (I did get some skymiles as an apology. I am just hoping the pilot got told that his "entitled" wife needs to play by the rules!
(And yes I did unlock it, much to the dismay of "I am the pilot's wife" )
May 22, 2017, 3:09 pm
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Funny. Family relative had a similar incident when they were 5 or 6. Lets just say no one wanted to go in the closest for a bit. They woke up middle of the night, in new house walked to bathroom in parents room, and half asleep thought they made it. Instead turned one door too soon. Half asleep walked to where the toilet would've been. The rest is history.
May 22, 2017, 3:14 pm
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The only time I've seen anything like that, it was on AF TATL 777 last year the lav closest to the cockpit was reserved for crew only. It was true both directions so I assume that must be AF policy. I've never seen it on any other flights.
May 23, 2017, 12:58 am
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Many airlines have crew lavs, but they are usually placarded as such and in off limit areas of the aircraft (just behind the cockpit door opposite the flight crew rest, in the back near the galley where the cabin crew comes out from their rest area etc).
May 23, 2017, 7:54 am
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May 23, 2017, 8:20 am
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It's procedure for a LAV to be locked out before a crew member leaves the cockpit to use one. To do otherwise could cause a long delay before the pilot can return to the cockpit. As for the pilots wife complaint I have no idea what that would be about. Why would she simply not go use the lav. Makes no sense.
May 23, 2017, 8:20 am
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