Dealing with excrement
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Dealing with excrement
I was recently on a transatlantic sector with a legacy carrier when the person before me coated the toilet bowl in some of the stinkiest [redacted by moderator] I have ever come across. [redacted by moderator] revolting.
Why are there no toilet brushes in aircraft toilets? Safety reasons?
Why are there no toilet brushes in aircraft toilets? Safety reasons?
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I agree that is disgusting. I think part of the problem is that there is no water in the toilets. As far as brushes, I don't know why not. If there were, we would have to rely on each person to clean up after themselves, which may not happen. I'm certainly not going to clean up someone else's mess.
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I was recently on a transatlantic sector with a legacy carrier when the person before me coated the toilet bowl in some of the stinkiest [redacted by moderator] I have ever come across. [redacted by moderator] revolting.
Why are there no toilet brushes in aircraft toilets? Safety reasons?
Why are there no toilet brushes in aircraft toilets? Safety reasons?
Last edited by JY1024; Sep 22, 2012 at 11:38 am Reason: Edited quoted post
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I was recently on a transatlantic sector with a legacy carrier when the person before me coated the toilet bowl in some of the stinkiest [redacted by moderator] I have ever come across. [redacted by moderator] revolting.
Why are there no toilet brushes in aircraft toilets? Safety reasons?
Why are there no toilet brushes in aircraft toilets? Safety reasons?
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And that brings up another question: tools aside, is it within a FA's job description to deal with this sort of situation? I would imagine that on a long-haul flight, one lav per cabin could probably be taken out of service per flight without a huge impact on wait times. Is that what tends to happen if a particular bad "situation" comes to the attention of the crew? Or do they just let each passenger make their own discovery?
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How would you clean the brush? You know that someone would try to use the sink to do so. I suppose some sort of kit could be developed that involves a plastic wand and disposable head where the head would be flushable, but the proper use of this without dirtying the rest of the lav or clogging the toilet could probably only be done by someone trained to do so.
And that brings up another question: tools aside, is it within a FA's job description to deal with this sort of situation? I would imagine that on a long-haul flight, one lav per cabin could probably be taken out of service per flight without a huge impact on wait times. Is that what tends to happen if a particular bad "situation" comes to the attention of the crew? Or do they just let each passenger make their own discovery?
And that brings up another question: tools aside, is it within a FA's job description to deal with this sort of situation? I would imagine that on a long-haul flight, one lav per cabin could probably be taken out of service per flight without a huge impact on wait times. Is that what tends to happen if a particular bad "situation" comes to the attention of the crew? Or do they just let each passenger make their own discovery?
I have seen some flight crews basically reserve a bathroom for crew members only by locking it up and keeping the "occupied" indicator showing on the locked restroom door.
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And that brings up another question: tools aside, is it within a FA's job description to deal with this sort of situation? I would imagine that on a long-haul flight, one lav per cabin could probably be taken out of service per flight without a huge impact on wait times. Is that what tends to happen if a particular bad "situation" comes to the attention of the crew? Or do they just let each passenger make their own discovery?
Now that being said, just because it is the FAs job doesn't mean they will do it. They are human and humans often try to get away with doing as little work as possible. So it wouldn't surprise me that an FA tries to ignore the lav conditions.
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I'm torn on this one. On the one hand, I want a clean loo. On the other hand, I don't know if I want the person cleaning the loo, clearing up vomit, and other bodily fluids which could be very harmful to ones health, then serving me my meal. Yes, gloves and aprons go some ways, but on an aircraft where they only have those little sinks to get themselves clean, I am not sure how clean one can really get.
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I'm torn on this one. On the one hand, I want a clean loo. On the other hand, I don't know if I want the person cleaning the loo, clearing up vomit, and other bodily fluids which could be very harmful to ones health, then serving me my meal. Yes, gloves and aprons go some ways, but on an aircraft where they only have those little sinks to get themselves clean, I am not sure how clean one can really get.
Tell the passengers to clean it themselves?
Hire a person who's only job is to keep the lavs clean?