If All Lavatories Fail Mid-Pacific

No deals today, so Rob says that I’m scraping the bottom with today’s post.

It starts with an El Al flight from Bangkok to Tel Aviv last week that reported all of its Boeing 767 lavatories failed mid-flight. With 6 hours remaining on an 11 hour flight, the plane continued on its journey in spite of passenger demands that it be stopped.  Flight attendants halted service of all liquids.

I’m sure there many sighs of “Oy Vey” on board.

The plane was over land after all and not in the middle of some large ocean.  A short rest stop could have been added.  El Al apparently apologized but offered no compensation.

Now the Hawaii connection.  What if this had happened on a flight across the Pacific?  An all bathroom failure has never been reported to Hawaii (as far as I know) and the chances are slim.

The longest you could actually find yourself from nearest land en route to Hawaii is under three hours.  That’s still a long time when nature calls and could result in a tense situation.

What would I do?  Grin and bear it.  Mediate on anything not having to do with water, rivers or oceans.  Jump up and down.  If you have anything to add, please do.

Hopefully Fall deals will be announced soon to get me back on track.