Pay toilets on airplanes???

[Art Vandelay]

I hope this policy is in place on a flight I'm on someday just so I can take a marker into the bathroom and write "Here I sit, broken hearted. Paid a buck and only farted" on the wall.

[scottaa1]

Samuel L. Jackson needs to step up here... 'Pay Toilets on a Plane.'

"I am sick and tired of these..." SHUT YO MOUTH!

[Nfl Fan]

I hope this policy is in place on a flight I'm on someday just so I can take a marker into the bathroom and write "Here I sit, broken hearted. Paid a buck and only farted" on the wall.

Classic.

[joejlitz]

I think the one thing nobody here is taking into account is that this proposal is being made in a place where people are already accustomed to paying for this service in some public locations - it's not like this is a totally foreign concept to them.

I'm pretty well-traveled. 15 countries (though only Germany and Turkey in Europe), a few islands in the Caribbean - and I don't ever remember seeing where you have to pay for a toilet. Where are you talking about?

[lmcjaho]

I think the one thing nobody here is taking into account is that this proposal is being made in a place where people are already accustomed to paying for this service in some public locations - it's not like this is a totally foreign concept to them.

I'm pretty well-traveled. 15 countries (though only Germany and Turkey in Europe), a few islands in the Caribbean - and I don't ever remember seeing where you have to pay for a toilet. Where are you talking about?

Uhh - see the article from the original post - highlighted relevant line below

Ryanair chief defends on-board toilet charge
Tue Mar 24, 12:02 PM

MADRID (AFP) - <snip>
"But I think it's a logical development, if you use the toilet for example in train stations in England you pay to use the toilets. I don't see any reason why people on board an aircraft wouldn't pay to use the toilet."<snip>

[stomperrob]

...and in an unrelated case:

Need for bathroom on flight leads to felony charge
The Associated Press
Posted: 04/08/2009 07:58:56 AM PDT
Updated: 04/08/2009 07:58:56 AM PDT


ATLANTA—A man rushing to get to the restroom on an international Delta Air Lines flight has been charged with assault, accused of twisting a flight attendant's arm.

Joao Correa of Concord, Ohio, says he had a bathroom emergency but his path was blocked by a beverage cart during the March 28 flight from Honduras to Atlanta. He asked if he could use the lavatory in business class, but was told no.

Federal Aviation Administration policy requires passengers on international flights to use the restroom in their seating class.

Authorities say the 43-year-old man is accused of pulling and twisting the flight attendant's arm. He was arrested when the plane landed in Atlanta and charged with assault.

Correa was released after two nights in jail, pending a hearing.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_12098122

[Metroid]

When ya gotta go, ya gotta go.

[dream_017]

Did he make it?

[scottaa1]

What exactly is a 'bathroom emergency' ?? Does one declare a bathroom alert like a defense condition? "We are now at DEFCON #2, condition brown, repeat, #2, condition brown"

[stomperrob]

What exactly is a 'bathroom emergency' ?? Does one declare a bathroom alert like a defense condition? "We are now at DEFCON #2, condition brown, repeat, #2, condition brown"

I think it must have been "pressin' cloth"!