ryanair single toilet.

zone 1

Hi has anyone read abot MOL talking today to Boeing about a 200 seat plane with 1 toilet. theres something in the financial times but cant get the page up...

L1011

zone 1 wrote: »

Hi has anyone read abot MOL talking today to Boeing about a 200 seat plane with 1 toilet. theres something in the financial times but cant get the page up...

Its not going to happen.

He has claimed to be trying to get it allowed for years, but its bollox for about 100 different reasons.

Starting from the top:

*One toilet would be impractical in terms of the usage levels for 189 passengers, let alone 200+
*200 passengers = another cabin crew member = another cost
*The exit configuration of the 737-800 allows a maximum of 189 passengers. This is why 737-900 non-ER variants with the same exit configuration are also limited to 189
*The IAA has said they won't allow it
*The EASA is highly unlikely to allow it.

zone 1

so another PR stunt.

IngazZagni

That's something he has being claiming for a couple years now. I think the FT article today was about comments from Boeing expressing doubts that they would be able to provide Ryanair with aircraft in that configuration.

finchkerry

This has been spoken about for quite some time, nothing new really

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/ryanair-toilet-michael-oleary-boeing

Never going to happen for the reasons outlined by another poster. Then again Michael has achieved what set out to do, get people talking about it thus getting free publicity.

By the way must book those Paris flights when I come to think of it....

Bebop

I cannot see the value of these stunts and I am sure MOL knows the drawbacks quite well, what if the single toilet were to malfunction? Ryanair fly some long sectors like DUB-FUE (4.5Hrs) unless they plan to use these aircraft only on short flights but this would create difficulties with fleet utilitisation etc,

BuffyBot

Free publicity is as low cost publicity as it gets, which suits Ryanair's model fine. Why pay for big ad campaigns when you can get your company mentioned in every media outlet for weeks at the mere drop of a sentence?

LLU

And here's betting that all the sheep - sorry I mean hard hitting tough talking uncompromising radio journalists - on all the national radio stations will feature this before the week is out.

Mr Simpson

Never going to happen, even if by some miracle, they got permission to operate with a single toilet, afaik if that toilet went out of service, they would have to ground the aircraft.

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You don't need any functioning toilet as long as the airlines chief engineer gives it the thumbs up.

Mr Simpson

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You don't need any functioning toilet as long as the airlines chief engineer gives it the thumbs up.

Really :eek: I thought they were required by law