Southwest Airlines B-738 'Secret Lavatory Cameras' Lawsuit

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Originally Posted by Switzer

This conversation between FO Russell and the plaintive FA must have been awkward with Russell’s O2 mask on, but surely they were cruising at FL250 or below.

Don't know if she was plaintive but she's one of the plaintiffs.

Some airlines are a lot more compliant with that O2 mask rule than others in my anecdotal observation. The NTSB has wanted cockpit cameras for years to audit that and other operational compliance issues for 'safety' purposes. Maybe the lav camera program is all they could get right now. Just kidding, of course.

Airbus has plans to offer cameras to monitor lavatory usage according to this recent news item.

Cameras outside the TOILETS could be coming to the 'connected' airline cabins of the future

By JENNIFER NEWTON FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 08:28 EDT, 3 October 2019 | UPDATED: 11:51 EDT, 3 October 2019


Cameras outside the toilets could be coming to airline cabins in the not-very-distant future.

That's if Airbus's 'connected' cabins take off.

They're being trialled now, and one version has cameras outside the toilets that the aircraft manufacturer says will help crew redirect passengers to other bathrooms if there is a long queue and signal when someone has spent an unusually long time inside.

Earlier this year it was revealed that several carriers including Singapore Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, have cameras embedded in seatback entertainment screens.

Singapore said the cameras were disabled, but it led to speculation that in-screen working cameras could be used to spy on passengers during flights in the future. The three US airlines also said that they had never activated the cameras and had no plans to use them.

The new Airbus cabin, called the Airspace Connected Experience, will also be fitted with wireless sensors to collect on-board data about passenger habits, as we reported last year.

Sensors embedded in the seats will relay how often a passenger goes to the lavatory, their sleeping patterns and what angle they recline their chair to.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/t...e-toilets.html