Maybe she should have just flooded the cabin then next time they would have let her go when she said she needed to go.
Maybe United should start stocking chamber pots under the seats
What is wrong with United? Their culture went from “Fly the Friendly Skies” to “Fly with Marquis de Sade”
On every flight I’ve taken, after the “Fasten Seat Belts” sign goes off, the rest rooms get busy quickly with both adults and their children. For this lady, I recommend ‘Depends’.
Key sentence...........
The seat belt sign was still illuminated.
No sympathy. The seatbelt sign was on. The passenger knew she had an over active bladder so should have worn a diaper.
I’d like to know how the heck SHE was able to pee in a cup with her seatbelt secured. Or is she a HE?
Why didn’t she use the restroom as a precautionary measure when she knew they were close to landing?
When you have such a condition you learn to plan ahead to protect yourself.
My travel motto is never pass up the opportunity to use a clean restroom. Before it’s urgent or too late.
I don’t think this is the airlines fault at all.
Sorry, not buying it. I can just picture her around a kitchen table with her husband or a friend cooking up a way to get money and they came up with United (who is an easy target now). She must be desperate for cash to pee in front of others, that is just disgusting. They called her bluff and gave her a cup, of course she will be smiling all the way to the bank.
I’ve been on over 1000 flights and its has never been a problem for me to follow the rules. Yeah, my bladder is a problem at times too.. When you’re not supposed to get up, you’re not supposed to get up. If the woman wants her own rules, she needs to get her own plane.
This is nonsense. If I were the flight attendant, I would have taken the woman’s comments of “I guess I am just going to have to use a cup.” as being a smartazz reply.
If the flight is just about to land do they allow passengers to move about the cabin? No. They have to have rules. If this woman cannot follow them, she shouldn’t fly.
Clearly, this woman wants money or to bring attention to herself.
Sounds like United is planning on getting rid of their restrooms and replacing them with ticketed seats.
And there will be a charge for handing out cups to pee in, or else wear your own adult diaper.
I was on a flight last week and noticed the number of passengers who needed to use the toilet immediately after takeoff.
Why don’t people go to the toilet before boarding?
‘I’m going to need a second cup.’
We’re gonna need a bigger boat.
If you had been on that flight and it had hit severe turbulence, would you have wanted a 120 lb (or larger) woman with a full bladder, landing on your head?
Neither United, nor its pilots nor the flight crews are playing a game of "Let's See Who We Can Make Wet Their Pants!"
The Seat Belt sign is on for a reason.
When flight attendants get long in the tooth, they have a future as prison guards.
Sorry, but that’s not forcing. Is the public too stupid to know that, and just accepts whatever is written?
The airline gave her no other option, and offered her a cup. The airline acted according to regulations.
This is in the news only because it’s United. From now on, everything that happens on United will be reported. Hey - United is a big airline! More things are going to happen on United than on little regional airlines.
Was she booked as a medical and assigned a next-to bathroom seat or was she flying nonmedical and just made a comment to the flight attendant? Perhaps some of the responsibility lies with the over-active bladder person in that personal care items could have been used by the passenger prior to boarding, just in case, and then a freshen-up once the seatbelt sign went off? Wouldn’t that be kind of a daily routine? I just can’t imagine someone with OAB relying on bathrooms being available at a moment’s notice everywhere they go and not having a plan B. The problem she has is, a lit seat belt sign is pretty unarguable.
Maybe she should have planned better or worn a diaper.
Air travel. So glamorous. The reason we are planning to drive in August - 12 hours each way.