Plane Passenger Forced to Sit In Puddle Of Urine For Entire 11-Hour Flight
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Plane Passenger Forced to Sit In Puddle Of Urine For Entire 11-Hour Flight
Last February, British Airways had to reminds its baggage handlers to not urinate in the cargo holds because it was corroding the metal of the planes. Maybe now they have to have a talk with their cabin crew?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/plane-pas...140137947.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/plane-pas...140137947.html
It beggars belief that BA at London couldn't come up with a spare seat cushion and cover for an outbound flight.
In that situation, I'd be tempted to inform the Purser/CSD that I was considering exercising my right to offload myself if they failed to reseat me, and that I would inform them of my decision at some stage before we reached the runway.
If it came to the crunch, I wouldn't anticipate any problem recovering my fare based on BA's implied contract that it would provide me with a clean, dry, hygienic seat to take me to my destination.
In that situation, I'd be tempted to inform the Purser/CSD that I was considering exercising my right to offload myself if they failed to reseat me, and that I would inform them of my decision at some stage before we reached the runway.
If it came to the crunch, I wouldn't anticipate any problem recovering my fare based on BA's implied contract that it would provide me with a clean, dry, hygienic seat to take me to my destination.
Am I the only one who thinks there may be more than one side to this story? "I said to the stewardess, 'You're obviously going to move me into business, aren't you? I can't really sit here.'" Ba seats are blue I believe? How would a 'yellow stain' show up on it? I'm not saying the seat wasn't wet, just questioning how wet it was and who wet it!
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Originally Posted by AeroSpark
Ba seats are blue I believe? How would a 'yellow stain' show up on it? I'm not saying the seat wasn't wet, just questioning how wet it was and who wet it!
https://conservativedailypost.com/ai...-11-hour-trip/
It was a grey seat and there does appear to be a yellow stain but to me it looks like an old stain.
It doesn't matter. That's disgusting any way you look at it. I'd have asked for another seat or offloaded myself. That's absolutely outrageous. And he's asked to clean it himself? Then you have a cabin crew union rep trying to defend that by saying crew aren't well paid?
That's a PR disaster from start to finish
That's a PR disaster from start to finish
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Yet again another example of BA's lack of care. Who cleans the aircraft at LHR these days? I bet it's not BA. Why didn't the crew spot this when checking the cabin or don't they even bother these days?
It was a grey seat
I guess there's a chance the seat colour was blue and the image got "corrupted" somewhere along the line..
A man who forked over more than $1,000 for what should have been a comfortable flight from London to South America said, instead, he was forced to sit in a puddle of urine for 11 hours
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Originally Posted by AeroSpark
"I said to the stewardess, 'You're obviously going to move me into business, aren't you? I can't really sit here.'"
If true, what the CC could have done, of course, was to upgrade someone with status in the FFP to Business Class then move the unhappy passenger to the vacant economy seat…..
A man who forked over more than $1,000 for what should have been a comfortable flight from London to South America said, instead, he was forced to sit in a puddle of urine for 11 hours
"Andrew was flying to South Africa to help his parents move to a new house"
The image in that version of events appears to show a yellow seat belt.......which is a bit odd for BA. I suspect either the image has "lost" something in the handling somewhere or it isn't an image of the seat in question,
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Originally Posted by AeroSpark
Am I the only one who thinks there may be more than one side to this story? "I said to the stewardess, 'You're obviously going to move me into business, aren't you? I can't really sit here.'" Ba seats are blue I believe? How would a 'yellow stain' show up on it? I'm not saying the seat wasn't wet, just questioning how wet it was and who wet it!
My thoughts exactly! As soon as I read that it sounded to me like an attempt to get an upgrade that didn't go his way!
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Travelled Auckland to Sin Economy many years ago. Guy in
the row ahead of me complained of water from the overhead
panel. Crew kept bringing towels etc to fix it. Eventually the guy
sitting next to me said 'I see this all the time, certain people
bring a loosely stoppered bottle of water which will eventually
leak, hoping for an upgrade'. Crew were having none of it.
the row ahead of me complained of water from the overhead
panel. Crew kept bringing towels etc to fix it. Eventually the guy
sitting next to me said 'I see this all the time, certain people
bring a loosely stoppered bottle of water which will eventually
leak, hoping for an upgrade'. Crew were having none of it.
Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
It beggars belief that BA at London couldn't come up with a spare seat cushion and cover for an outbound flight.
In that situation, I'd be tempted to inform the Purser/CSD that I was considering exercising my right to offload myself if they failed to reseat me, and that I would inform them of my decision at some stage before we reached the runway.
If it came to the crunch, I wouldn't anticipate any problem recovering my fare based on BA's implied contract that it would provide me with a clean, dry, hygienic seat to take me to my destination.
In that situation, I'd be tempted to inform the Purser/CSD that I was considering exercising my right to offload myself if they failed to reseat me, and that I would inform them of my decision at some stage before we reached the runway.
If it came to the crunch, I wouldn't anticipate any problem recovering my fare based on BA's implied contract that it would provide me with a clean, dry, hygienic seat to take me to my destination.
I'd wait until door closing time and insist I be off loaded to maximise disruption while they off loaded my bags too.
Don't think it would take them too long to find me another seat.
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Originally Posted by PJD1
My thoughts exactly! As soon as I read that it sounded to me like an attempt to get an upgrade that didn't go his way!
The Stewardess agreed it was pee and the airline has agreed it was pee - the simple fact is that they should have just changed the cushion.
At least he had a seat!
Three years ago I boarded a KLM flight AMS – JFK to find there was no seat cushion at all, just an empty metal frame. I immediately pointed this out to the Cabin Crew, and yes, in my mind there were thoughts of an upgrade, as economy was filling up around me.
However, after a short wait a technician appeared who fitted a seat cushion into the frame. Ah well.
Three years ago I boarded a KLM flight AMS – JFK to find there was no seat cushion at all, just an empty metal frame. I immediately pointed this out to the Cabin Crew, and yes, in my mind there were thoughts of an upgrade, as economy was filling up around me.
However, after a short wait a technician appeared who fitted a seat cushion into the frame. Ah well.
