MCO-DTW First Class lavatory "FULL"
 

I was upgraded on the 3:38 flight out of MCO yesterday afternoon. I went to use the bathroom and when i sat down i got splashed. Well i hopped up and found the bowl over half full with a brown liquid. It did smell like human waste. I looked for something to clean myself with and there were no papertowels or tissues in the lavatory. I asked the FA if they were aware of the problem and she stated that they had asked for the lavatory to be serviced but that never happened. Disgusting to say the least. Should i take this to someone?

No. You should just suffer.

Obviously, I was suggesting that the answer to your question was somewhat obvious!

I have never sat down on a toilet on an airplane in 600+ segments. I can't believe that you didn't "look" before sitting.

Of course you should take it to NWA customer service. If the lavatory was not serviced properly and was unusable, it should have been locked for the flight. I can't imagine how gross that must have felt. It reminded me of the elderly couple who rode the Amtrak AutoTrain a number of years ago and had a toilet backup literally cover them with feces and pee - and the Amtrak crewmembers refused to do anything about it except make the smelly couple sit in their compartment overnight until arrival in Florida.

Although I am one to question whether or not NWA gives a trickle of pee about any customer service problems anymore these days, it's still worth a report. Even without compensation, the flight and ground crew should receive a training flash about making an inoperable lavatory unavailable during the flight rather than risk that a customer experience the same discomfort as yourself.

H*LL YES you should do something about it. I for one would absolutely freak out if this were to happen to me. I would (no pun intended, ok, well maybe a little) raise a HUGE STINK over this one!

Ahhh, deal with it...ever heard? $hit happens!

Just kidding, but yeah, I guess the lesson from this is to look before letting. Alright, enough crappy puns.

Well, let's hope it was the inbound flight's old coffee from the galley. The alternative is... :eek:

Thank you for sharing. NOT!

old tea... :D

TOO MUCH INFORMATION! Eeeewww...

Reminds me of Chevy Chase from "Vegas Vacation." Except, not blue! :cool:

So...did you use it? If not, it may be worth a few more bonus miles.

It's sad that ground crews can't seem to handle basic tasks anymore.

Thinking out loud here. Was the FC lav the only lav inop? What about the back lavs? Generally if the FC lav is "full", the back lavs would have the same problem. Sooo... if there were no working lavs, the plane couldn't leave. A narrow body can leave with at least one working lav, no working lavs, nope. Can't go, figuratively speaking.

The ground paperwork probably said the plane was ready to go, lavs operating.

The airplane paperwork should have said the lavs were inop. Though some pilot's have been known not to allow Flight Attendants to "write up" problems that would cause a delay.

Base on a Airbus 319/320 which have 3 lavatories.

Can a 'full' or broken lavatory cause a flight to be canceled?

What about if there is only one lavatory working on the aircraft. Can the flight still go? Or is it up to the pilot or NWA mgt. or any department to cancel the flight?

-BondAir