Man pees in bag on no-bathroom AC Express flight
May 21, 2014, 9:43 am
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Man pees in bag on no-bathroom AC Express flight
One man's relief triggered a woman's disgust during a recent flight from Deer Lake on the west coast of Newfoundland to Wabush, in western Labrador.
Karen Janes was flying home with her two children on April 30 following an Easter visit with relatives in Springdale, about an hour's drive from Deer Lake.
She was initially concerned when the agent at the airport announced there was no bathroom on the plane.
Others were equally surprised.
"I proceeded to get on the plane and we were only on there probably 10 minutes and I see this gentleman behind me kind of looking around and he says to me, "Is there a washroom on board? And I says, 'No, there's no washroom on board,'" Janes recalled.
What happened next left her dumbfounded.
"So a couple of moments later we started going up in the air and he tapped me on the shoulder and he said, 'Can you move your son? I need to pee.'"
Not once, but twice
With that, Janes said the man peed into a bag. Twice.
"I'm feeling really uncomfortable and disgusted," she said. "One for the fact that there's no bathroom on this plane, and two that this man is urinating behind me with my six-year-old son just ahead of me. The gentleman may very well have had a problem ... so, ya know, I don't blame the gentleman for that."
She does, however, blame the airline and operator.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...ight-1.2649342
Karen Janes was flying home with her two children on April 30 following an Easter visit with relatives in Springdale, about an hour's drive from Deer Lake.
She was initially concerned when the agent at the airport announced there was no bathroom on the plane.
Others were equally surprised.
"I proceeded to get on the plane and we were only on there probably 10 minutes and I see this gentleman behind me kind of looking around and he says to me, "Is there a washroom on board? And I says, 'No, there's no washroom on board,'" Janes recalled.
What happened next left her dumbfounded.
"So a couple of moments later we started going up in the air and he tapped me on the shoulder and he said, 'Can you move your son? I need to pee.'"
Not once, but twice
With that, Janes said the man peed into a bag. Twice.
"I'm feeling really uncomfortable and disgusted," she said. "One for the fact that there's no bathroom on this plane, and two that this man is urinating behind me with my six-year-old son just ahead of me. The gentleman may very well have had a problem ... so, ya know, I don't blame the gentleman for that."
She does, however, blame the airline and operator.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...ight-1.2649342
May 21, 2014, 9:49 am
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The plane was a Beechcraft 1900 turbo prop operated by EVAS Air Charters for Air Canada Express. The flight was full with 19 passengers at the time, with a scheduled stop in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, and total flying time of about three hours.
A spokesperson for EVAS said a mechanical issue forced the company to use a substitute plane which had no bathroom.
A spokesperson for EVAS said a mechanical issue forced the company to use a substitute plane which had no bathroom.
May 21, 2014, 10:08 am
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The comments on that page and the person complaining needs to get over themselves. He made sure that he was as private as he could, and he needed to go. #firstworldcomplaining
May 21, 2014, 10:27 am
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May 21, 2014, 11:23 am
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Interesting that the event happened April 30 and the woman decided to whine to CBC just now. I assume she tried to first milk AC for compensation and when that failed, she went public with her tale of woe.
May 21, 2014, 11:28 am
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AC decision on the new 777 HD is going to have a lot of people peeing in bags. economy has just 4 bathrooms for 400 people. When the captain put on the fasten seat belts for a 12 hr flight to HKG people might want to keep an empty bottle.
May 21, 2014, 11:39 am
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Not sure if you meant everything in jest or not... but in the last 5 months of operation on the route people have reported no worse lineups than the regular 77W. BTW it is 8 washrooms for 398Y+24PY... why spread misinformation?
May 21, 2014, 12:13 pm
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Seriously? Either she adopted that kid or they removed her empathy chip when she gave birth. As I understand it, one of the challenges of pregnancy is having to pee every five minutes. You'd think she'd have some sympathy for the guy. Guess she's never had a UTI, either.