Originally Posted by
ani90
But if the airline crew does take such action then does that give a passenger a right to take action in their own hands and open a lavatory that was locked off by crew and dare the crew to divert the plane? .
Absolutely not. But if the practice of letting pilots close a perfectly fine lav for their own use on long haul flights continues, or even spreads, someone is bound to lose control and try it. It's either that, or soil themselves.
Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
Or one can assume most employees are not hostile (IME), and this situation become potential misunderstood or the rare acts of a rogue employee.
This is the assumption I'm using. One of the reasons I've flown UA more than any other airline is how well I've been treated over the years. I'm just noting the reality that given the industry's penchant for squeezing in more seats and reducing the number of lavs - something UA did a few years ago - closing off a working lav is going increase the chance of a confrontation over a locked lav. It's not right, but it's going to happen.