Hey folks I think you are missing the point about opening bog doors on an aircraft - if there is a dead dood in there slumped or hanging, any tricks with pens or screwdrivers may be irrelevent because the dood may be slumped on the floor or what ever and with the size of those places, opening the door may be very hard.

Edited for unfunny sick comment.

Hey DA your co. sounds fab got any jobs for cabin crew? CFA:)

I find some of the above postings offensive to both the family of the deceased and the crew who had to deal with this situation.

Cabin crew are a professional and well trained group of individuals and under that uniform and 'welcome on board smile'
lies a wealth of education and qualifications a few of you pilots(and I do mean only a few ) do not appreciate.

Above all they are successful in their jobs because they enjoy looking after the passengers on board and help care for them
when taken ill.

Nothing in their education or training makes them prepared for bringing down a passenger depressed enough to hang himself in a toilet and deal with a suicide.

Oven fire,decompression and medical emergencies i.e. heart attack which may lead to natural death we're trained for,suicide is hard for anyone to deal with.

Devils Advocate if it was a family member of your's would you make these comments?,if you were the crew how would you have handled it?.
Just something else to think about when you're locked up in your flight deck for a few hours,I pity the person sat next to you if this is your attitude.

NJR.

As the originator of this thread I am quite surprised at the venom of some of the posters.

I thought it was an amusing story for 2 reasons:

• As had been said by others - I find it very difficult to see how someone managed to hang himself in an A/C toilet - my first impression was that he was a very short guy.
• I have also had the misfortune to have BA inflight meals and whilst some were so disgusting that I wouldn't feed them to my dog - I didn't think they were worth killing myself over.

Some posters have said that we should have sympathy for staff when doing distastful duties. I agree and I have also done many unpleasant/distasteful jobs (includes pulling bodies out of undercarriage bays) but have always found that humour is a great stress reliever. I feel that I am one of the last people in this country who does not believe that everyone needs 'counseling' to get through life's difficult times, a good joke and posssibly a stiff drink is usually sufficient.

As I seem to have genuinely upset some people I fully apologise for any offence caused - it was not deliberate.

PS. As to toilet doors, they are designed to be easily removable from the outside of someone collapses inside and blocks the door.

Sorry, but I fail to find any humour in this story whatsoever.

That someone was depressed (and ill) enough to take their own life I find immeasurably sad. That the cabin crew had to handle the results and the other passengers had to be presented with the aftermath would not be pleasant for any of them.

Some of the comments above I have found distasteful, irreverant, lacking all respect and, in one or two cases positively sick. Those who made them should be ashamed of themselves.

Almost all humour requires taking advantage of someones misfortune. Humour is also a good way of coping with difficult situations. Try laughing in the bar about your latest cock up, a trouble shared is a trouble halved etc etc.

:(
Sorry Charlie32 there are limits on humour for most people
Captain Stable, I completely agree

Man dies on BA flight.
 

I have only just got home to read this I would just like to say.

To all of you getting worked up over this poor guys demise.

Death comes to us all, but some of us go looking for it first.
The story is humourous and sad.
Just chill out if you are offended don't read any more.

I for one thought it quite funny.
:eek:

The art of humour requires good timing. Unfortunately, in this instance that element is lacking.

Please go to the Jet Blast Forum where your attempts may or may not be appreciated. :rolleyes:

I think it is time to close this thread. That's an end to it.


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