sbm12

That was not my experience. I also have no problem explaining that I prefer to wait and that I'll enjoy a drink instead. :-:
The risk of basically anything bad happening from standing in dried urine is roughly zero. Don't lick the lav floor and you should be fine.

Amelorn

If up front on a wide body where you turn left and Y goes right, I'll board ASAP and change during PDB/boarding. I always ask the FA's if they mind, and they never object (esp as Y takes 10-25 minutes to board, paperwork, etc).

764toHI

Can see this being an issue on the TATL flights (where the pajamas are not even offered), but I just flew UA179 two weeks ago and had minimal issues with using the starboard lavatory in J - don't see why is this a big deal.

LordHamster

The whole issue is moot for me. When I travel, I'm already wearing PJs underneath a Smoking Jacket... Hugh Hefner style.

cyclogenesis

I had no probs.. left hand side lav in the 787 has a fold down seat next to the loo..

MostlyUA

I wear pajama top under my boarding clothes.

I use the changing table to set my jacket and shirt after I take them off.

I wear the jacket but not shirt when I land. I will change in the handicapped bathroom when I land (no table, so that's tough to accomplish).

I always save my hotel slippers and carry them on to wear to the bathroom -- I always seem to have extra slippers at home (I take them on the outbound flights). I use United socks and leave slippers and socks on the plane.

mrswirl

Not seeing the big deal. Use the changing table as a platform and wear the supplied socks and slippers from the amenity kit. If you can't change clothes while standing up then just sit down on the toilet lid. I've spent years changing in locker rooms and don't need much space.

In terms of timing, I always wait until immediately before or after any meal service or in the middle of a movie to make my move. Most people start their movies at about the same time and just about everyone waits until the movie is over to use the loo.

So I will change immediately after dinner service - before other people's PDB and meal have "landed" and they need to go; and right when they come out with the coffee for breakfast service I'll be the first one to change back to my street clothes.

cesco.g

+1. I always seek the bathrooms with the "baby changing" sign. I usually have a small bottle of isopropyl alcohol in my carry-on, which comes in handy for such occasions as well.

morelegroom

Shaving etc are clearly private "bathroom" events. not all private4 desires are equal How about tying it up to make a private telephone call?

JetAway

Using the bathroom to make a telephone call mid-flight?

Jet'Dillo

Yup, shower sandals and disposable plastic bags are two key tools for any of these exercises. I'll often grab one of the bin liners out of the little trashbin(s) he cleaning staff changed in my room right before I checkout and use that to put things like shower sandals in.

pseudoswede

Richard Thornburg did. Got tasered for it, too.

sbm12

This wins the internet for the day. If I drank coffee I would have snorted it all over the place.

wh6cto

As long as it's not wet, you can put down a paper seat cover on the floor. You will have to pick it up with your hands and flush it when done. Just remember to wash your hands...or risk indirectly licking the floor!

chinatraderjmr

If there is time for anyone who wants to take a shower on EK OR EYs 380's, I can't imagine there not being enough time to just slip in or out of a pair of PJ's on a United flight???

Forget showers & A380s, most foreign airlines have been giving out PJs for over 20 years. I've never heard or seen problems with people not having enough time or room to change on those flights - many operated w 777 & 744s but just as many with A330 & 340s which have notoriously small lavs