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Originally Posted by packapoo
(Post 9871043)
Absolutely Mr Reid.
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. |
Originally Posted by Andy_S
(Post 9870282)
I went into cynicism mode as soon as I got to this bit…….
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….. IIRC the hostess apparently walked up front, came back and upgraded the pax he was complaining about. Nice story if true. |
Originally Posted by Jet II
(Post 9871077)
How did the seat get stained then if it was a stunt to get an upgrade?
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. Easy enough to take a small bottle on board with him and pour it on the seat himself. Maybe I'm being cynical but the fact that his words were "You're obviously going to move me into business, aren't you?" and not "You have to do something about this, I'm not sitting there" speaks volumes to me. It would also explain why it was not spotted by the cleaners or cabin inspection. |
What did you do with the original cushion Squawk? ;)
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Originally Posted by PJD1
(Post 9871268)
Easy enough to take a small bottle on board with him and pour it on the seat himself.
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
(Post 9871585)
Bear in mind, though, that unless you're planning to fill it after security, you woul only be allowed to take the piss if it
was under 100ml, and in a wee bottle ... :O :D:D Yes urine trouble if you try to take any more than that through security! |
Originally Posted by Hotel Tango
(Post 9871402)
What did you do with the original cushion Squawk? ;)
More telling was that at home base KLM were able to sort it out in about 15 minutes and as I was one of the first to board there was no resulting delay. |
I strongly suspect that the PAX sabotaged the seat hoping for an up-grade.
A few years ago my wife and three young daughters flew from Sydney to LHR with BA in economy. Once onboard my wife noticed the seats they were sitting on were hot, the entertainment box below their seats we over heating and the crew were aware of the issue. She was happy to sit there but she just pointed it out to the crew. Before takeoff, they were all moved up to business for the entire flight home without any dramas. The crews see EVERY trick in the book, day in, day out by some PAX to worm their way in to Premium Econ or Business. |
BA - Passenger Obliged to Sit in Pee
Businessman who paid £1,200 to fly to South Africa with BA is given a seat that a passenger urinated on (and he was then told to use wet wipes to clean it up himself)
Businessman given seat urinated on during BA flight | Daily Mail Online A businessman who paid more than £1,200 to fly to South Africa with British Airways was given a seat that a previous passenger had urinated over. And to add insult to injury, he claims that when he protested, a British Airways stewardess handed him wet wipes to clear up the mess himself. IT consultant Andrew Wilkinson, 39, says it happened when he boarded a flight at the end of July to jet out from Heathrow to see his parents. After finding his seat in economy, he noticed it was damp. Mr Wilkinson, from South-West London, said: 'I called the stewardess who agreed the dampness was urine. She went to the toilet and came back with some wipes and expected me to clean up the mess myself. 'I told her, "I can't sit here" but she just laughed. Her response was, "I can see you are going to work me really hard on this flight, aren't you?"' Mr Wilkinson, who paid £1,242 for his round trip, said: 'In the end, I put a plastic bag over the seat and covered it with a blanket.' After Mr Wilkinson took to Twitter to vent his anger, BA spotted his tweets and offered him 5,000 of their Avios reward points in compensation. It then upped its offer to a flight voucher worth £435, or a free upgrade on his next flight to Cape Town. He said: 'I am not bothered about compensation. I'd just like a proper apology. The one they sent me was clearly a general response.' Last night, the union which represents flight crews said Mr Wilkinson's ordeal was evidence of how BA standards had been hit by cost-cutting. https://i.imgur.com/GbT65H3.jpg |
I think someone is taking the piss.
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