No water in lavatory - and no announcement made (AA2373 DFW-SAV 31AUG19)
Aug 31, 2019, 3:48 pm
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No water in lavatory - and no announcement made (AA2373 DFW-SAV 31AUG19)
Currently onboard. I wouldn’t have ventured to the lavatory had I known.
I alerted the FA, who said to me: “yeah they must not have filled the tanks.” To his credit he did offer me a water bottle to use.
Is it not standard practice to notify passengers when there’s no water? This is is a sanitation and hygiene issue. Thankfully I have hand sanitizer, but I cringe when I think of all the others before me who did not.
I alerted the FA, who said to me: “yeah they must not have filled the tanks.” To his credit he did offer me a water bottle to use.
Is it not standard practice to notify passengers when there’s no water? This is is a sanitation and hygiene issue. Thankfully I have hand sanitizer, but I cringe when I think of all the others before me who did not.
Aug 31, 2019, 7:40 pm
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Newsflash: A lot of people don't wash their hands after using the lav. Not sure what their rationale for not doing so is but it's a fact of life. Enjoy that meal on your tray table.
Aug 31, 2019, 8:04 pm
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(I’m assuming the rationale is half way between the now debunked “urine is sterile” argument (it isn’t) and some kind of toilet based aseptic non-touch technique. Either way, it’s disgusting, wash your hands)
Aug 31, 2019, 8:40 pm
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Never pass up a good opportunity to clean the mitts.
Aug 31, 2019, 9:39 pm
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If they announce 'no water' are they required to take the entire restroom out of service?
(I live assuming I am moving though a microbiological cloud. Cause we are. Wash hands or not, the difference is immaterial.)
(I live assuming I am moving though a microbiological cloud. Cause we are. Wash hands or not, the difference is immaterial.)
Aug 31, 2019, 11:17 pm
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Maybe I have bad luck, but I have been on at least 3 AA flights in the past year (all-coach E140/45 or CRJs) that did not have water in the lav. In 2 cases, there were already individually wrapped wet-naps in the sink, in one case I asked the FA to put the wet-naps in the sink and she did and gave me two.
Aug 31, 2019, 11:47 pm
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Sep 1, 2019, 2:35 am
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My former girlfriend who works for a well-known airline (in that area of the world) told me that Hadj flights out of Asia are the worst with respect to hygiene
You have plenty of pax there who never have boarded an airplane or even never have left the local village before that day and do not know how to use the toilet.
She said you don't won't to see how the plane looks and she feels sorry for cleaners (in fact, some aircrafts need to be grounded for 2 days to give it a proper deep clean).
Coming back to what was said earlier, I do actually wash my hands and I am using a paper towel to touch the door handle afterwards (I know many won't wash their hands after using the loo). Actually, a point less thing when I see in what state remote controllers etc are
You have plenty of pax there who never have boarded an airplane or even never have left the local village before that day and do not know how to use the toilet.
She said you don't won't to see how the plane looks and she feels sorry for cleaners (in fact, some aircrafts need to be grounded for 2 days to give it a proper deep clean).
Coming back to what was said earlier, I do actually wash my hands and I am using a paper towel to touch the door handle afterwards (I know many won't wash their hands after using the loo). Actually, a point less thing when I see in what state remote controllers etc are