American Airlines shrinks bathrooms on new planes

ktvu ^ | 05/31/2018 | By: Shelly Insheiwat

[BenLurkin]

A few years ago, airplane bathrooms were 34 inches wide on average.

Then they were shrunk down to 27 inches.

Now, the bathrooms aboard the new American Airlines jets will be just 24 inches wide.

[BenLurkin]

Very short article

[bmwcyle]

I can hardly fix now.

[MUDDOG]

While butts get wider.

[COBOL2Java]

Very short article

And as short as it is, it needed to tell me that 24 inches is two feet?

[Larry Lucido]

Bathrooms getting smaller...

[OttawaFreeper]

In an effort to make the “Mile High Club” that bit more exclusive?

[BenLurkin]

Excellent

[COBOL2Java]

[cyclotic]

I make it a point to rarely use airplane bathrooms. For many people, it will now become a requirement.

[CommerceComet]

Want to bet that some group representing overweight people will file a class action lawsuit demanding wider bathrooms? I can fit in the narrower ones but I would hope they would win. The one in my vintage camper can induce enough claustrophobic impulses that I’ll just go outside when we’re in the woods.

[Chgogal]

There are what three to six bathrooms on a plane, saving nine to eighteen inches? US airlines hate their customers and we hate them.

[Oscar in Batangas]

Next up...
No bathrooms at all. And flight attendants admonishing us that we were supposed to go BEFORE we left. HT: Dear old Dad & Mom

[Drango]

Won’t fly AA then.

[treetopsandroofs]

I figure at some point they’ll try having one larger restroom and charge extra so you can wear an armband and use it.

[a fool in paradise]

It’s a paper cup, isn’t it?

[a fool in paradise]

The islamic hijackers sitting in first class need more space.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

I’ve seen jail cell facilities bigger than that!!!

[NativeSon]

Are the planes custom outfitted for the airlines or did AA select available models with smaller facilities?

[redgolum]

It will become standard soon enough.

Airlines are not very profitable, so every inch helps.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Although I’m too old for it to matter to me personally, I can see how this shrinkage of accommodation will make the mile-high club all the more challenging.