Airline asks passengers to use the toilet before boarding... and help cut carbon emissions

Daily Mail ^ | 06th October 2009

[MotorCityBuck]

You gotta be sh*ttin me :)

[ichabod1]

Theeeenk yew.

[Buckeye McFrog]

if every time one of these goofy stories hit the wire, each and every one of us went out and burned an old tire, do ya think they’d knock it off?

[CholeraJoe]

It’s a Zero-sum proposition. In order to produce 63.7kg of urine, the passengers would have to consume about 70 kg of liquid refreshment.

[stylin_geek]

No, I don’t think so.

You really want the likes of Michael Moore naked on an airplane?

[pnz1]

I normally go to the restroom before boarding a plane anyway. I prefer to not have to use an airplane restroom!

[LFOD]

Good point.......
I’ve always wondered what the weight savings would be if the carpeting and all of those magazines and B.S. reading material were removed from the aircraft.

Make fat people (excuse....obese) buy two seats (try sitting next to some whale for 9 hours whose body flops over into your paid for space).... I’m sorry but if you’re wider than this sign here you must purchase two seats - kind of like height requirements for amusement rides.

Get draconian with luggage - don’t laugh. We had severe restrictions on weight when flying to Iraq and Afghanistan. You can pack sufficiently with a 44 lb. bag and one 14. lb carry-on.

NASA figured this out years back when the white paint applied to the monstrous external fuel tank was eliminated. I believe they gained another 11,000 lb.of payload in return - or something to that effect.

[Buck W.]

May I take your trident, sir?

[clee1]

Oh for God’s sake!

[onedoug]

Why not issue diuretics at the counter?

[adorno]

All Nippon Airways says passengers who empty their bladders before boarding will help reduce carbon emissions

Actually, a great many of those bladders are filled by the liquids consumed at airport restaurants and snack and liquor bars. Then there is the water fountain. And they need to consider the drinks brought on board by the airline itself for distribution or sales during flight. And, it's not just the drinks. What about the food people consume just prior to boarding the planes?

It seems that if they were really serious, the would ban all of those areas in the airport and on the plane that tempt people to "fill up".