Now a New Reason to be Uncomfortable in the Air

[acuradriveronr3train]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15972699/

So far, it's just one Chinese airline that's pushing this.

[acuradriveronr3train]

I just read the article to someone in the room with me here. He seems convinced that it's a hoax. But I got it from MSNBC, which I do consider to be a legitimate news source, plus it's been several hours since I first came across it. I did a web search to see if other news sources have it posted, and Yahoo! has it, too:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_toilet

I also checked China Southern's web site to see if there was any kind of comment, but there wasn't any, at least not at its English language site:

http://www.cs-air.com/en/

Then again, a lot of U.S. information content web sites are blocked in China, so maybe no one there is aware that this is circulating here, whether it's true or not.

If I had gotten this from a satire/parody page, I would have posted it in Club TF.

I realize that they won't actually prohibit us from visiting the bathroom in flight (at least not yet), but it still sends a message that it isn't something they want us to do.

[Jeff California]

lol!!! funny article! I think that airline should at least offer its passengers Depends.

[Passenger Mark]

Hoax or not hoax... I don't see this being a problem in other areas. An airline trying this "ban" would soon be out of business!

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