The Shrinking Lav
 

Airplane bathrooms Get Smaller to Squeze in More Seats - The Middle Seat Terminal - WSJ

As a matter of policy, I do not visit the lav on flights 3 hours or less. I would hold it in before I risk being wedged inside one of them permanently.

But, hey, 4 more seats in Coach. That's enough to bring tears to eyes of them bean counters.

Anyway, I much prefer the Japanese style toilets of basically a hole in the ground. I can squat real good and prefer that to sitting.

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Edit: In today's edition of filters blocking my images...

There will be a mock-up W/C at check-in,will be required to enter,if you fit,you will be issued an electronic Bif-Card. No fit.... no card. I have no idea how they will handle the F/A's.............

Yes, perhaps they are shrinking:
but, it's all relative::D
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This is actually a Boeing thing, as they have switched to a new manufacturer for them. All airlines are getting these new lavs. Hopefully they don't come with lithium batteries.

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$100 says the lids still won't stay up!:eek:

I once witnessed a 450 pound woman have to use the fromt lav, she couldnt shut the door.. She backed in ... So the fas held up a blanket with the door open. I kid u not, i couldnt believe it

Yeahbut...did you get her number? :D

I love a big girl, keep you warm in the winter, give you shade in the summer, and you KNOW they swallow. :eek:

Guess this means no more Mile High Club stuff in the lav.....

At least that last row of seats will have some great inflight entertainment if you try.

Who lifts the lid?

Makes it more fun.. Like a challenge.. Adds to the thrill.. Try it sometime when you can..

Who says I didn't? :p

I thought we agreed to not talk about that special flight we had together

Oops, I guess I was a lot more memorable than you were.....


:)

Who knew it would take so long for a thread about small lavs to get a little dirty...?

Yeah, I just pee on the floor or in the sink. :eek:

Airplane lavs are perfect for what is the average human being. Unfortunately, the average human being isn't defined well in obese and overweight America. You'll have to look at Europeans and Asians.

They should use the same space as is required in residential and commercial buildings. Heck, even porta-potti's have more room than on planes.

It seems the Ejets have larger lav's and seats than both Boeing and the Bus.

This reminds me of a story I heard a few years ago. On most of our 757's and all of our 767's, they have the vacume flush lavs. Well the story I was told by the F/O involved was, a rather large woman got STUCK on the bowl, when she flushed! She flushed twice!

There was enough of her to overlap (reverse muffin top? see photo above) all the way around the seat, to create a pretty good seal, and he had to go in there and pry her legs apart, to break the suction and get her off the bowl! :eek:

You can't make this stuff up, and you couldn't pay me enough to get in there and do it! :rolleyes:

Lol. No she was connecting to lagos.. She was prob a tribal princess or something she looked like she was an extra in coming to america

Im not a long distance relationship kinda dude

The stuck on the lav is a legendary story that actually originated with the the DC-6, as proof positive, there was a hole drilled in the side of the bowl as a vacuum breaker. Really no ******.........

That's a great idea. I don't see any downside. While we're at it, let's raise fares by 500%. That shouldn't be a problem, either. :cool:

They stay up on the -700. -800? Forget it. Hopefully, the -900 will use the Boeing advanced technology to actually have the seats work. Oh, and fix the towel dispenser. Want one paper towel? Get about 50. How hard can it be?

It's not the dispenser, it's the cabin cleaners who shove 2,000 paper towels into a 500 towel holder.

I just transitioned to the 777. The forward lav just aft of the cockpit, on the -300 at least, is like a small studio apartment. There's a huge sink, a rack for soaps and lotions, and enough space to have a three-way in there if you wanted to. :D