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The Internet Plays “Can You Comfortably Fit in This Airplane Bathroom?”

On Instagram, tall and wide passengers have begun posting photo evidence of their struggle to use the famously cramped bathrooms on new Boeing 737 MAX planes using the #airplanebathroom hashtag.

The toilets on new Boeing 737 MAX’s are 24.5 inches wide, making them 10in smaller than older 737 models. The decrease in size allows 12 more passengers to fit in the cabin — and sometimes barely one person in the bathroom.

Passengers are not only taking #airplanebathroom selfies, but taking to social media to say that they’re so cramped that sometimes they have to wash their hands one at a time and water still gets everywhere.

Tall (6ft 4in) passenger Barry Brandes told The New York Times that flying United Airlines is a squeeze: “If I don’t duck, I hit my head on the door. I can’t stand up completely, so I have to twist myself into a pretzel to use the facility,”

Have you ever flown the MAX? Check out the photos below to see if these cramped conditions feel familiar.

 

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World's Smallest Bathroom ✔️

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To read more on this story, go to The New York Times

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Sabai November 24, 2018

Is everyone enjoying airline consolidation? The lack of competition is allowing the greedheads in Revenue Management to pull off this crap. Airlines Against Americans will spin this as more consumer choice.

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exwannabe November 22, 2018

I really do not understand the problem. Girls are smaller and are sitting. Boys can stand outside and arc the stream into the toilet.

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18wheeler_vanrekt November 22, 2018

Maybe a maneuver to discourage potential mile high clubbers!

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brucebowe November 21, 2018

Guys, guys... I'm a little pissed too. We just have to figure out how to do it girl style. What a drag.

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ontheway November 21, 2018

Get a law passed that all congress people have to fly coach and you'll see how fast things will change.