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Qantas passengers in toilet turmoil
Qantas passengers in toilet turmoil
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'When it rains it pours'
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Hmmm sounds like the passenger who reported this to the media may have exaggerated just a bit, as usual for passengers blabbing to the papers. Lines of 10 or 15? A woman screaming?
I can actually believe the man peeing in the sick bag, because some people would be a bit frightened for the trouble they may get in from the crew or for their safety if they got up while the seatbelt sign was on. But passengers are NOT prisoners in their seats, if someone has THAT much of a pressing urge to go to the toilet and we're not at a critical stage of flight like 30 seconds from touchdown or still in a very steep climb after takeoff then I will let them do their business if they persist/insist. You can only firmly tell a passenger(s) once to take their seat, for their own safety and for the safety of those around them, before it becomes an action at their own risk. And cabin crew certainly won't get up out of their seats to restrain anyone if the seatbelt sign is on (unless a threat to security). I had a woman come bolting down to the aft galley just the other day (and it was late in the climb, seatbelt sign probably not too far from being switched off) and I quickly told her to resume her seat immediately and she said "sorry, I have to go to the toilet - TRUST me", so what are you to say in that situation? She's taking her own risk, and it could be avoiding an otherwise messy situation. I think the particular passenger in this report is just being a bit whingey, and the SMH thought another negative story about QF wouldn't go astray! lol. |
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one hour... one hour? ...
Have these people pea sized bladders? Can't they just hold it in for a bit? Should Qantas be responsible for someone with, what sounds to me almost like a medical problem? Honestly, some people should just be hooked up to bags, seriously, or wear those those adult diapers... I've taken bus rides longer than an hour, and there ain't no toilets on them (unless it's like a greyhound or something)... no offence intended to anyone of course I too, am sick of the Qantas bashing this week... (heck I'm flying back to OZ again with them soon'ish and I hope I make it ) |
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Since when is Sydney - Queenstown a 1 hour flight? Prat! |
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Hi David,
I think you may have missed the original post. The flight was already 3 hours old when it had to hold for an hour. The seat belt sign was on for that last hour restricting pax to their seats. That is not unusual, especially if the aircraft was holding at a lower level in a holding pattern in bad weather. Anyway, a holding pattern requires turns of 180 degrees every few minutes and it is not a good time for a pax to be moving around the cabin or using a toilet. If the holding pattern was being conducted at low level, and the holding was the result of bad weather there may have been some turbulence involved. If pax were complaining I'm pretty sure that the FAs would have notified the flight crew and consideration would have been given to the status of the seat belt sign given the circumstances. Regards Stephen |
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G'day Steve
No mate - I didn't miss the original post, but I think Mr Frampton may have. cheers Dave |
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No I think he read it and made quite a very valid comment on the situation.
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It's easy to make clever comments but until you are in that situation ....... |
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[QUOTE=Dave Powell;9847]That being what? The comment was that people should be able to hold their bladders for an hour - thse people had been in the air for 4 hours .../QUOTE]
Yeah 4 hours where they would have been able to go and see a man about a dog. As others have said no doubt if it was safe to do so the crew would have allowed people to use the toilets, but quite clearly this wasn't the case. What would you want the crew to do. Risk the passengers safty or let em piddle themselves? |
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