Does UA FAs ever really enforce F Lav use?
Jul 16, 2015, 11:18 am
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I thought this was a post 9-11 airline safety thing until I started flying other airlines. I have been on AS, AA, DL and UA this year and only heard this announcement made on UA. Maybe it really is an attempt to keep the F cabin a little quieter and nicer for those who purchased their TOD's
Jul 16, 2015, 11:36 am
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Agreed. A better pax to lav ratio is a perk of flying F. I respect it when I'm sitting in Y. Exceptions are appropriate when the need is truly urgent or the aisle is blocked.
UA has exacerbated the problem by seriously under-laving its newer aircraft in Y - e.g., 739s or ps 752s.
UA has exacerbated the problem by seriously under-laving its newer aircraft in Y - e.g., 739s or ps 752s.
Jul 16, 2015, 12:01 pm
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The 739s have a mid-cabin lav, and one of the lower Y passenger to lav ratio. On the other hand, the 738 and A320 have the worst Y pax to lav ratio, and no mid cabin lavatory. Not unusual to have lav lines stretching to the exit rows on these aircraft.
Jul 16, 2015, 1:46 pm
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Jul 16, 2015, 2:38 pm
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Yes it's acceptable
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Jul 16, 2015, 3:26 pm
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Jul 17, 2015, 8:21 am
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Does UA FAs ever really enforce F Lav use?
I was on a flight to EWR where some old lady from coach walked up to the FC lav and she plugged up the toilet with tons of toilet paper. I know this because I was the one waiting to use it after her and noticed she disregarded the curtain. It was totally unusable after that. Luckily it was a TPA--EWR flight and I just held it. Yes.... I was in First in seat 1E.
Jul 22, 2015, 11:33 am
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I was on a flight to EWR where some old lady from coach walked up to the FC lav and she plugged up the toilet with tons of toilet paper. I know this because I was the one waiting to use it after her and noticed she disregarded the curtain. It was totally unusable after that. Luckily it was a TPA--EWR flight and I just held it. Yes.... I was in First in seat 1E.
Jul 22, 2015, 1:59 pm
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Yep, in May I saw the velvet rope blocking the BF lavs while sitting in a bulkhead E+ seat on a 764 EWR-MUC. When other Y pax tried to move the rope to use the BF lav, the FAs were very prompt in shutting it down.
Jul 22, 2015, 3:58 pm
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Jul 22, 2015, 9:12 pm
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In January I got 'shooed' out of the F cabin while dealing with long lines in y on LAX-SFO and SFO-ATL respectively.
Would be one thing if they were cool about it but it was militant sCO F/a's and my company paid for the flight so it was what it was.
Felt out of place when I got to ATL on the 1998 sCO 738.
Would be one thing if they were cool about it but it was militant sCO F/a's and my company paid for the flight so it was what it was.
Felt out of place when I got to ATL on the 1998 sCO 738.
Jul 23, 2015, 7:04 am
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No response and no help.
So I stood between the cabins so no one could get thru until she got in.
Ridiculous . There were 4 people behind me.
What a lousy airline.
Jul 23, 2015, 7:54 am
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Some FTers would also demand that they get first use of cabin air, letting the riff raff breathe only after their betters had first shot at it.
And give some thought to the fact that a majority of the coach pax have paid for the flight out of their own pocket while few of us in FC have. In that regard, maybe we, the Elite Flyers, should be at the end of the line.
A little compassion, please.