Ryanair pushes ahead with plan for toilet fee

Seems to me there should be some sort of human sanitation restriction passed on airlines. One bathroom for 189 people,, I think its better in a prison in a third world country.

I personally foresee alot of kids peeing on the seats,, mommy didn't have change, or the w.c. was full too long.

I won't fly with such an airline, I wonder what other short cuts they take to save money, and for me, safety is number one. I would never trust an airline that charges to keep the cabins hygenic. Who wants to sit on a wet seat?

Just on principle, this is another reason why RyanAir will be LAST on my list of airlines to choose in Europe.

If it keeps the fares cheaper for someone like me, who would have no problem planning around this for a one-hour flight, then fine. I often drive two hours to Chicago and don't need to stop along the way for the restroom. And I'm sure there would be plans made for emergencies.

I'm going to file this in the "I'll believe it when I see it" drawer.

Michael O'Leary is a great believer in the "any publicity is good publicity" school and he gets his company millions of euros worth of publicity every time he hauls out one of these "controversial" ideas.

Looking into my crystal ball (Wooooo!, Ahhhh!) I predict in a few months they'll be some manufactured reason why the plan can't go ahead, either regulatory or some disagreement with Boeing over the refit, and O'Leary will be back in the news again railing against bureaucracy or "the man" or whatever stymieing free enterprise.

Potential names for this program write themselves: Pay to Pee. Or, Fee for Pee. OK, sorry, now I shall return to adulthood...

If I don't have exact change on me, can I open a PeePal account?

Sorry, blame it on Tom...

Angela, do you have to announce before you go if it will be on your PeePal or PooPal account?

Don't fret. They still provide air discomfort bags for free. When you need to go and becomed discomfortable just use the watertight bag and hand it off to a flight attendant.

Edwin

Ridiculous..

As far as the health issues....there are some commuter aircraft, the Beech 1900 being the first one to come to mind, that have no toilets on them. These flights can also last an hour or longer. Airlines such as Great Lakes and Gulfstream (Continental Connection) fly them.

oh Jo,, you should have left your post up,, we all wanted to see it.

It's so easy to hate the airlines these days. How much farther will they go in making air travel something to avoid if at all possible?