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Airline Considers Charging For Toilets

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-water-after-take-off dept.

Ryanair airline's chief executive, Michael O'Leary, has said that the airline might start charging passengers for using the toilet while flying. "One thing we have looked at in the past and are looking at again is the possibility of maybe putting a coin slot on the toilet door so that people might actually have to spend a pound ($1.43) to spend a penny in future," O'Leary told BBC television. It won't be long before airlines will start charging for air. Why should they eat the entire cost of pressurizing the cabin?

5 comments

  1. Hey by Dunbal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't forget the following fees, coming soon to an airline near you:

    Successful landing fee: $25 per passenger for every non lethal landing - payable in advance and refundable to your next of kin on receipt of your remains (parts obtained seperately).

    Luggage delivery fee - $10 per article of checked luggage successfully delivered to your destination. Breakable items in checked bags that actually break in transit will occur an additional $20 per item. Spilled liquids are still free.

    Window shade operation fee: $0.50 per opening/closing of the window shades ($1.75 if sitting on the sunny side of the aircraft).

    Noxious fume fee: $5 for breathing a selection of digestive smells from your fellow passengers.

    Remember, at INSERTYOURFAVORITEWETREATYOUWORSETHANCATTLENAMEHERE Airlines, "The Sky is the Limit"!

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    1. Re:Hey by fireman+sam · · Score: 1

      You missed a fee which is the counter of the Successful landing fee, called the unsuccessful landing fee. This fee of $30 includes the collection and collation of body parts payable by next of kin upon receipt of said body parts - note that extra handling fees may apply

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  2. Pee in the seat? by iYk6 · · Score: 1

    What will they charge if I pee in my seat? Will they arrest me for theft of services if I don't have the money on me?

  3. Isn't that a violation of some sort of law? by Logical+Zebra · · Score: 1

    Aren't all public places required to have restrooms accessible? I'd hate to be sitting next to the guy on a 4-hour flight who ate Taco Bell before takeoff and doesn't have any cash on him.

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  4. No bathroom access.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I understand having "donations" for a bathroom in a public building which is kept clean, but doing this where you have no alternative is really underhanded.

    If they do implement this, next time I'm on a plane and I have to go...I'm going to do the same thing I do when I find the restroom door locked in a public park. That's right, I'll do my business on/in front of the door. Screw the bastards who prevent access to the bathroom. They'll figure out sooner or later after their custodial staff keep quiting or writing extremely angry letters, that yes people do indeed need to use the restroom, regardless of how you seek to regulate it.