DUBLIN — When nature calls at 30,000 feet, is $1.40 a wee price to pay? Or could it force passengers into a whole new kind of holding pattern?
The head of budget European airline Ryanair unleashed a flood of indignation and potty humor Friday when he suggested that passengers might have to insert a British pound coin for access to the lavatory to get some in-flight relief.
Airline chief Michael O’Leary suggested that installing pay toilets would lower ticket costs and make flying, somehow, easier for all.
Not surprisingly, passengers reacted with indignation and outrage at the prospect.
“If you are given a choice between wetting your knickers or not wetting your knickers, you will pay whatever fee they make you pay, and Mr. O’Leary knows this well,” said Samantha Jones, a 30-year-old Welsh woman. “Frankly, I’m surprised he’s talking about letting us have a wee for a pound, not more!”
