Originally Posted by
Spartan07
Geez, how obnoxious and disrespectful (Or drunk) do you have to be to trash an airplane so bad that it is grounded for more than a day? I can only think of intentionally un-upholstering seats, tearing the cabin liner or ripping cabin lights out of their sockets... Or maybe pouring dry ice in the lav...
I haven't really heard much about that kind of malicious, intentional damage, but if you think about, all it takes to ground one of these jets for a week or more would be an ink pen or permanent marker in the hands of an artistic 3-year old. Sidewall or headliner replacement isn't a quick fix. I can also imagine that these "war stories" about how bad a plane got trashed get more sensational each time they're told, so who knows how bad it really was unless you were actually there.
And when I say a day, I'm accounting for the fact that a cleaning crew isn't standing by at every stop. It takes some time, and often a short ferry leg to get the cleaning done. It also takes time for carpet to dry after it's shampooed, so it's not usually a quick turn even for something as simple as a soft drink spilled on the carpet.