March 21, 2016: Thank you Boeing for figuring out how to add an additional 14 seats to their current fleet of aircraft models — shrink the size of the already small uncomfortable bathrooms. Consumer action advocate Christopher Elliott — refers to todays airplane bathrooms as “already closet size” and does a grand job in his Washington Post column on the subject. The column includes some expert insight into the most “germ hotspots” in the bathrooms — with the door handles taking top germ honors. The article goes on to comment that most airline flight attendants don’t think it’s in their job description to clean up the bathrooms — easier to just put an “out of order” sign on dirty bathrooms and send passengers elsewhere. One good piece of advice is to travel with your own antiseptic wipes — do your own clean up along the way. All goes to support the airlines now making record profits and providing less services. Hopefully some planned moves in Congress in the coming months to take a good look at all this — including high fees for just about everything, shrinking seats and unrealistic ticket pricing!
