Here’s A New One “the bathrooms do not work until 16,000 feet”
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GA today kept saying the lavatories do not work until you are in the air so go no. I laughed at it and figured it’s a way for people to not swim upstream during boarding.
After boarding i made made a joke to the FA’s about it and they looked at me dead serious (one did the other looked perplexed) saying it came straight from the captain not working until 16,000 feet.
I guess this is he is he one of a kind A319 with non functioning bathrooms?
After boarding i made made a joke to the FA’s about it and they looked at me dead serious (one did the other looked perplexed) saying it came straight from the captain not working until 16,000 feet.
I guess this is he is he one of a kind A319 with non functioning bathrooms?
Edit to my original story when I asked why I was told by the crew “this is on all planes” so I attempted to inquire and was dismissed
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I didn't think the OP was expecting a dissertation.
I didn't think the issue was the operational constraints of the toilet flushing system on the Airbus.
I think the reason the OP posted was because he felt he was being treated like a child. "Oh, honey, don't fret, it's like that on all the airplanes."
I also agree with an earlier poster that the crew infantalized their response to a simple question because they are under no delusion that if they offhandedly admit an equipment failure and as a result some passenger makes a compensation claim (almost a certainty in 2018), it'll be their butt in a sling with their supervisor.
In the end, though, it was interesting to learn how these things operate. But I personally prefer to avoid airplane lavs if possible and always use the terminal facilities before boarding.
I didn't think the issue was the operational constraints of the toilet flushing system on the Airbus.
I think the reason the OP posted was because he felt he was being treated like a child. "Oh, honey, don't fret, it's like that on all the airplanes."
I also agree with an earlier poster that the crew infantalized their response to a simple question because they are under no delusion that if they offhandedly admit an equipment failure and as a result some passenger makes a compensation claim (almost a certainty in 2018), it'll be their butt in a sling with their supervisor.
In the end, though, it was interesting to learn how these things operate. But I personally prefer to avoid airplane lavs if possible and always use the terminal facilities before boarding.
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Currently flying a Dash 8. Prior to that I flew a CRJ200. On the Dash the Lav motor is entirely electric (had to pull a circuit breaker a few months back to stop the motor from running the entire flight!). On the RJ I do not recall from systems training anything about vacuum or differential air pressure. When I have time I'll try and look back through my systems notes. I'm curious now about the reasonings behind which system it is.
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This is like the boy who cried wolf syndrome. The problem is that sometimes crew will give an inaccurate, but expedient justification. Once a person has caught one of these, then every time the crew says something questionable, the person might assume it is the same.
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Um how about just admitting that a part that is SUPPOSED to be functional on the ground, is not, and now you'll have to wait until 16k' to use the lav? Unbelievable that PAX expects the bathroom to actually work ALL THE TIME on a properly functioning aircraft that's about to be in the air. And the fact that the FAs said it was on all planes? Seriously? Blame whomever you want in the chain of command for a non-working part, but what's not to understand about the incredulity of the PAX? So what he blamed the FAs for treating him like a child. He got a BS story from them and you mean to tell me the FAs BELIEVE the 16k' miles for operational lav to be true of ALL airplanes? Wow.
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Currently flying a Dash 8. Prior to that I flew a CRJ200. On the Dash the Lav motor is entirely electric (had to pull a circuit breaker a few months back to stop the motor from running the entire flight!). On the RJ I do not recall from systems training anything about vacuum or differential air pressure. When I have time I'll try and look back through my systems notes. I'm curious now about the reasonings behind which system it is.
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Um how about just admitting that a part that is SUPPOSED to be functional on the ground, is not, and now you'll have to wait until 16k' to use the lav? Unbelievable that PAX expects the bathroom to actually work ALL THE TIME on a properly functioning aircraft that's about to be in the air. And the fact that the FAs said it was on all planes? Seriously? Blame whomever you want in the chain of command for a non-working part, but what's not to understand about the incredulity of the PAX? So what he blamed the FAs for treating him like a child. He got a BS story from them and you mean to tell me the FAs BELIEVE the 16k' miles for operational lav to be true of ALL airplanes? Wow.
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i would agree with you but since it took pilots on flyertalk to tell me the reason the lav was broken I can’t agree with that. The FA was trying to tell me that nobody can use the lav on the ground or until 16,000 feet on ALL planes.
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I don't think so. More likely, it was just poor communication. I can't imagine that any FA would think that not using the lavs on the ground is routine.
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So as a comment to this on a DL flight this week the pilot came on and said verbatim “folks the auxiliary power unit on this flight is broken. It’s sole purpose is for us to getting power going faster as such we are starting the engines at the gate today”
would i I have noticed this? Probably not but the fact he did not treat us like children was quite nice and apparently was not afraid people would complain about broken equipment. He didn’t have to give us a full lesson but took 10 seconds which whether he knows it or not was really nice to do.
would i I have noticed this? Probably not but the fact he did not treat us like children was quite nice and apparently was not afraid people would complain about broken equipment. He didn’t have to give us a full lesson but took 10 seconds which whether he knows it or not was really nice to do.
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OT, but this might have been a better solution for the emotional support hamster than was flushed down an airport toilet recently, although I realize that domestic rodents (including lab rats) don't survive long in the wild..