Ready to pay to use the bathroom on a plane?

[smithfan]

http://money.canoe.ca/News/Other/2009/03/05/8642256-ap.html

God I hope it never happens. If it does and he "gets away" with it, its only a matter of time before they all do it.

[spookie149]

Does that go against some kind of Canadian labour law? Granted ryanair operates in EU, but I imagine something like this wouldn't "fly" in Canada. Hehe.

[perfectg]

bwahahahahah

i have flown once with them and never again.

they do have super cheap flights though

[TCWeasel]

passengers pay 1 pound (euro1.12, $1.40) to use the restroom, this would generate 15 million pounds (euro17 million, $21 million) annually — which he characterizes as future “fare savings to the traveling public.”


Yes, I'm sure they'll use the money to reduce fares. That's just the sort of things companies do.

[rotjong]

I guess passengers need to bring their own porta-potty or piss your pants in your seat and stink up the plane:lol:

[almostfreeman]

I wouldn't pay for #1 but I would be ok with a small fee for a #2. :lol:

[GangStarr]

re post

[konfusion666]

Airlines like Easyjet and Ryanair are already SOOO cheap in comparison to North American airlines that you'd have to take 100 sh*ts on the plane, for the total price to remotely resemble something that Westjet or AC charges, for similar distance...

[cheap sk8]

Hmmm...interesting to see if Ryanair will actually make money overall doing this, or will it sacrifice other revenue streams (ie. food & drink sales). I suspect people who bend over to pay for meals, snacks and beverages now will stop once the bathroom charge is in place in order to prevent themselves to pay to reveal what they just paid for, which makes more money than the relief station.

I don't think this idea will pan out.

[Tornado F2]

Does that go against some kind of Canadian labour law? Granted ryanair operates in EU, but I imagine something like this wouldn't "fly" in Canada. Hehe.

I was thinking of using the same pun!:lol: It will never fly for anything but perhaps short flights, as some cheap ass is bound to make a mess in a corner or something rather than paying up. Most of us would pay if necessary, but there is always going to be an idiot around. And it will cost the airline more to clean up the mess than it will take in through the charges.

[smithfan]

re post

I think your in the wrong forum this is a travel discussion not hot deals.
Besides I did check before posting and didn't see a discussion about it.
If you would like to scream repost in this forum how about doing it in all the Vegas threads people keep making instead of doing it in the huge Vegas thread that's already been started? At the very least, be a little more proactive and point out where the thread is your referring too.

spookie149 I don't know if its against a labour law here or not but a) if they reimbursed the staff then they are safe from any labour laws. b) I'm not sure how it works but once you cross in to US airspace do US laws not take effect or is it the departure destination or the arrival destination that dictates what laws the flight will follow (IE Drinking age & labour laws?).

[gsrce]

I think your in the wrong forum this is a travel discussion not hot deals.
Besides I did check before posting and didn't see a discussion about it.
If you would like to scream repost in this forum how about doing it in all the Vegas threads people keep making instead of doing it in the huge Vegas thread that's already been started? At the very least, be a little more proactive and point out where the thread is your referring too.

spookie149 I don't know if its against a labour law here or not but a) if they reimbursed the staff then they are safe from any labour laws. b) I'm not sure how it works but once you cross in to US airspace do US laws not take effect or is it the departure destination or the arrival destination that dictates what laws the flight will follow (IE Drinking age & labour laws?).

Arrival destination I do believe, as I was drinking alcohol on a flight when I was 19 coming back from the U.S. to Canada. (It was free as our flight was delayed)

[funkymankevx]

I've never actually used the toilet on an airplane.

[dark169]

the shorter the flight the higher the price should be.

If you can't hold it for a 1 hour flight perhaps you should choose an aisle seat (or go when they announce boarding and stop asking for more coffee)... One of my many flying pet-peeves.