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Problem: toilet usable as seat during boarding. Solution: $15 human sensor (heat or motion or whatever the home security sensors use) Reality: requires FAA ce
by kylehotchkiss 3y ago
Problem: toilet usable as seat during boarding.
Solution: $15 human sensor (heat or motion or whatever the home security sensors use)
Reality: requires FAA certification. $250,000 per lavatory.
- anamexis 3y agoAlternative solution: check bathrooms before leaving
- lupire 3y agoLiterally what happened in the OP.
- anamexis 3y agoWell, not before they left the gate
- IncreasePosts 3y agoNo - per the article he emerged from the bathroom and was walking around thinking he would be able to find a seat. He might have made it if he actually just stayed in the bathroom.
- freetanga 3y agoI think the crew counts people and then checks lavatory as part of the procedure. I have an old gizmo that is like a pocket watch but serves to count (clicker) things. I have seen many airlines doing this procedure..
- bigbacaloa 3y ago[dead]
- cowsandmilk 3y agoBanning lavatory use during boarding is the wrong response to this.
- mkl 3y agoWhy not just check then lock the toilets during takeoff?
- lupire 3y agoYou want to fly 3 hours with a pile of poop next to you?
- mkl 3y agoHuh? The flight attendants would obviously unlock them again as soon as the plane was up in the air and stable. It's just during the take-off process itself that you need to know no one's in there.
- anticensor 3y agoMake the lock pilot-operated, like in high-speed trains.
- adrianmonk 3y agoYou don't even have to lock them, do you? For safety reasons, passengers need to be seated and buckled in during takeoff. So you can just verify everyone is seated, then after that check that the lavatories are empty. If a lavatory is occupied, make that person take their seat. Now you've verified there are enough seats for everyone.