PUCCI GALORE

and apply common sense precisely. I read through this thread and was amazed at all the assumptions that were made. I thought that the original assumption - the FA's assumption apart - was why the OP thought that she made an assumption on the basis of the fact that he is hispanic. What has that got to do with anything. I'm sorry I simply do not understand.
Why should anything be infered from what she said. She should not have been without her glasses on duty - that is a no-no in that job on duty. She probably changed her tune when a minor mistake became an affair of state. I cannot say that I blame her for that.

I know that restroom issue plays out in every airline in the world. In my book the F lavatories are for the F passengers. If a child or an elderly person needs to use them - fine. If the aisles are blocked with carts - fine. What I do object to are queues down the aircraft in First Class.

I confess that I have been guilty of ageism. I refused Business Class Chamapgne to two young ladies as they were under-age. They were not - actually they were in their early 20s. I was mortified but they were absolutely delighted to be thought of as too young to drink (they certainly proved that they could not only drink but hold their drink as well).

What I wanted to know more than anything was - after all these exchanges - did the OP actually get time to use the lavatory?

mikeef

^^

C'mon, let's get serious here. There are those of you out there who would have rather had the poor guy stumble down the aisle? Let the guy use your freakin' bathroom.

Mike

Syzygies

I got stopped trying to use the bathroom in first recently, as a casually dressed white guy in his 50's. I tried to take it with a grin, offering "you took my drink order..." A voice comes from around the corner, "No that was me..." Another young, hot black woman working FA in first (we're talking 1 in 100 hot, or better), what were the odds of that?

Boarding a plane is a whirlwind of stimuli, we all partially notice particulars of a person, it doesn't make it racism. I made a point of thanking the first FA for checking when she had doubts. We should all thank these efforts, I certainly appreciate them!

CO 1E

By the way, it is "would have," not "would of." Someone didn't pay attention in third grade grammar class.

JohnneeO

I believe they were trying to abbreviate "would have" into "would've", but came up with "would of" instead.

Buster CT1K

Isn't there an FAA rule that requires coach passengers to use the lavatories in their cabin?

CO 1E

I believe that applies to international flights, or, at least, the annoucements made by the crew indicate such.

CO 1E

The result still is incorrect.

bocastephen

It's a TSA rule - hence the dumbness of it. As mentioned, it only applies to international flights, because in TSA logic, terrorists only attack international flights via the F or C cabin. Of course no one ever pointed out to the TSA that most F and C cabins on wide-bodies have lavs at the rear as well as the front.

No matter - from a service perspective, the F lavs should be for F customers only. I don't get upgraded or buy F all the time, and while sitting in Y I've never felt the need to walk forward to use the F lav or store my bags in the F overheads. It puzzles me why others seem to think it's OK to do that.

N9MD

I hope your tongue was deep in your cheek when you typed your message.

I'm a 66 year old who usually flies in FC. But when not flying in the front cabin, my Handicapped Motor Vehicle ID and my CO Elite status both entitle me to sit in the first several rows of coach. Once meal/beverage service begins, it becomes quite difficult for me to negotiate the length of the aisle to get to the rear loo.

My way of dealing with this situation is to alert a FC FA during or just after the boarding process that I may need to use the FC loo during the flight. I've never been rebuffed.

N9MD

bocastephen is correct. Any loo prohibitions on domestic flights merely reflect each airline's policy.

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