Landing in the Loo Loo Land
Sep 13, 2016 | 2:07 am
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Landing in the Loo Loo Land
Anyone ever experienced a passenger running for the lavatory about 3 to 5 minutes before the touch down, flight attendants allowing the passenger to use the lavatory, but ordering the passenger to stay in for the landing and the taxi to the gate? 
Sep 13, 2016 | 4:43 am
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Just once a few years ago. I don't recall much about it other than them yelling at him to stay seated but he was up and in the lavatory in a heartbeat. They yelled at him to hold on and to stay there until we landed and had come to a stop. Once we landed and were at the gate they kind of corralled the guy in one of the galleys and were fussy at him but I didn't stick around to see if any authorities showed up.
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Sep 13, 2016 | 5:52 am
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Except for the part of staying locked in the lavatory, yes. "It's at your own risk" comes to mind, but it worked out each and every time I've seen it.
Sep 13, 2016 | 8:07 am
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Sep 13, 2016 | 8:19 am
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Sep 13, 2016 | 12:57 pm
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Yes. Basically meant no bathroom use on my DCA-NYC/NYC-DCA flights. Within a few days of DCA re-opening I had the unfortunate incident on one of my commutes back to DC of getting hit by a bout of food poisoning from an earlier flight. Going to the bathroom to vomit wasn't an option. And so onto the floor it went. The FAs did bring a bunch of newspapers to plaster the floor, but welcome to the alternative of permitting bathroom access when necessary.
Sep 13, 2016 | 2:27 pm
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Yes. Basically meant no bathroom use on my DCA-NYC/NYC-DCA flights. Within a few days of DCA re-opening I had the unfortunate incident on one of my commutes back to DC of getting hit by a bout of food poisoning from an earlier flight. Going to the bathroom to vomit wasn't an option. And so onto the floor it went. The FAs did bring a bunch of newspapers to plaster the floor, but welcome to the alternative of permitting bathroom access when necessary.
Sep 13, 2016 | 3:22 pm
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It is relatively safe to hide in the lav at low altitude.
It is not safe at high altitude ever since they took the oxygen masks out of the lavs. If you are in the lav and there is a sudden depressurization, you are toast.
It is not safe at high altitude ever since they took the oxygen masks out of the lavs. If you are in the lav and there is a sudden depressurization, you are toast.
Sep 13, 2016 | 4:53 pm
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Depressurization at altitude may incapacitate a person fairly quickly but will not cause death in most cases unless the aircraft remains at altitude for some time. Procedure calls for a rapid decent to a safe altitude so even without oxygen most people will be fine a few minutes after getting to a lower altitude.
Sep 13, 2016 | 4:57 pm
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Sep 13, 2016 | 5:08 pm
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Sep 13, 2016 | 10:44 pm
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They don't -- even as they should -- and they didn't. And given the duration of the flight and the FAs' positioning and activity when the "urge"' hit, they only seemed to become very responsive once it became clear they were dealing with an awful mess on the floor. And even then they weren't all that sympathetic, and just handed into my row a bunch of newspapers to place on the floor and nothing more and not even a word beyond that.
Could I have made a dash to the bathroom in time and made it to vomit in the toilet there? Not all that certain, but perhaps. I am more certain that I would have had a FAM type on my backside if I had tried that.
Could I have made a dash to the bathroom in time and made it to vomit in the toilet there? Not all that certain, but perhaps. I am more certain that I would have had a FAM type on my backside if I had tried that.
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Sep 15, 2016 | 3:52 am
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If you mean before takeoff, how do you know what those pax were doing for the past hour? Maybe they were on a crowded train and then waited in a security line after which they went straight to the gate.
Aren't the lavs locked on most planes once the FAs are seated for landing?
Sep 15, 2016 | 5:08 am
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