UA's seats - absorbs methane pretty well
Dec 31, 2007, 8:56 am
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I flew Iberia a couple of years back, the inflight magazine had a full and graphic half page article on bottom burps, it was quite hilarious, even gave a little translation in English and told you how long you could expect to keep having them after you landed.
Dec 31, 2007, 4:40 pm
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I'd love to see a good plain-English explanation of the gastrointestinal effects of rapid (or even not-so-rapid; I commute from 13m to 4200m elevation) changes in atmospheric pressure, including how long it's supposed to take for the effects to wear off.
Dec 31, 2007, 4:50 pm
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ROTFLMFAO!!! This thread is an instant classic.^^
Seriously, OP may have a good point. Recently, I flew AA and Delta C in their leather seats, and I do notice leather seats seem to retain less odor than the current UA C seats.
Seriously, OP may have a good point. Recently, I flew AA and Delta C in their leather seats, and I do notice leather seats seem to retain less odor than the current UA C seats.
Dec 31, 2007, 5:00 pm
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Some will recall a diverted flight about a year ago, which actually resulted from the afflicted pax trying to light matches to cover the odor.
Somebody has apparently marketed a flatulence deodorizer that you might wish to consider. To keep this UA-related, I wonder if it would be useful to include these in F and C amenity kits.
This thread has been a real gas.
Dec 31, 2007, 6:05 pm
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You are, of course, referring to HAFE, High-Altitude Flatus Expulsion.
Dec 31, 2007, 7:11 pm
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Dec 31, 2007, 8:09 pm
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I was thinking about this very thread today flying SFO-YYZ... and then forgot about it.
A couple hours into the flight... wow, it hit me (the smell). Certainly this A319 I was flying on definitely had not been "upgraded" with these absorbent seats!
A couple hours into the flight... wow, it hit me (the smell). Certainly this A319 I was flying on definitely had not been "upgraded" with these absorbent seats!
Jan 1, 2008, 12:21 am
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I wonder...
...can we somehow get information on the gas-absorbing capabilities of seats added to seatguru.com? That could be a lot more helpful than being told that sitting in 1B, my sleep might be disturbed by the FAs chatting in the forward galley. 
Jan 1, 2008, 1:22 am
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Imagine the poor CS agent who opens the door on LHR-LAX after the entire plane has had brussel sprouts. It gives new meaning to the term "explosive decompression".
Jan 1, 2008, 4:24 am
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Maybe I'm in a minority but I enjoy flying with the ventilation air nozzle at full blast blowing on me. I sure don't smell any of the offensive odors many of you are talking about. It probably also helps dissipate any offensive contributions I make.
Jan 1, 2008, 8:14 am
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Somebody has apparently marketed a flatulence deodorizer that you might wish to consider.
I gotta say, though, I fly UA most of the time, and sometimes I smell a pretty rank one. Those seats aren't perfect
Jan 1, 2008, 8:42 am
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Be thankful UA has fabric seats, some of the no-frills Canadian charters have vinyl seats.... no muffling/abosorbing on those ones!
Jan 1, 2008, 9:27 am
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Jan 1, 2008, 12:39 pm
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I don't know what in the world possessed me to post this... I had a bit too much flying in C from MUC to IAD desperately trying to sleep. Having some more in IAD didn't stop me from opening up my laptop and letting some sinister force take possession of my hapless fingers.