No loos for 2 hours
 

I find this story amazing.

Whilst not doubting the authenticity of the event, did BA really say wods to the effect if we had known the loos weren't serviced, we would have not take off?

I thought that stuff like the loos and potable water are on a cabin crew checklist?

How would the crew know that the tanks had not been emptied at Heathrow?

On Thomson 767's there are 2 gauges at the R4 door showing water quantity and waste quantity and its the Cabin Crews job to confirm 1 is full and the other empty prior to departure.


Not sure if this is a standard Boeing fit

And Ryanair wants to reduce the number of toilets to one.....for up to 195 passengers.:eek:

Yep, standard fit on all B767s.
Maybe it is a way for the cabin crew not to have to go on strike:E

I always thought BA were full of s**t. Here's the proof.

Answer supplied by Tflyguy and Mr @ Spotty M.

But not the complete answer.

It can happen that the guage itself is defective. I have had this happen on the same aircraft type with the same result.

BA's spokesperson was correct, in that the aircraft would not have dispatched with passengers, had it been a known problem before departure. However once the problem arises in flight it becomes a case of how best to manage a difficult situation.

I am surprised the Daily Mail took an interest, as an outbound flight to the Cayman Islands probably wasn't carrying illegal immigrants, Princess Diana, nor were the effects likely to influence house prices.

It is not that the toilets become totally unusable, it is a case that the vacuum flush stops working. Obviously this limits the capacity to the bowl itself, and putting it delicately, the optional use of the facility.

Having followed much of the posts regarding the industrial action on the Cabin Crew forum, I realise that there are a lot of people who work to make BA a success. News items like this let down those people and, if correct, I hope BA management check it out and take whatever action may be appropriate.
But no witch hunt please.

Had a similar situation a while back on a flight to LAX. The toilets on one side of the aircraft had failed for some reason and due to the common pipework between them (one had been blocked) it rendered the others inoperative so we had a 2 hour delay whilst pipes were replaced etc.

Is there a pax / loo ratio as well which must be taken into consideration?

No Loos "
 

I flew DME-LHR on a BA 767 several years and there was no loos because they had forgot to service them.

I also remember many years ago flying ISB to MAN on a BA 742 where they loos would back up somewhere over Russia or were unservicable due to people standing on them rather than sitting

Its not nice, but sometimes you just have to put up with it

Two Words: SH*T HAPPENS :ok: