Pay to Pee? Ryanair May Charge Travelers for In-flight Lavatory Use

When the going gets tough, the tough get going... directly to the toilets. That's the latest from Ryanair, who might start charging passengers to use the toilet in-flight.

According to USAToday's travel blog, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary told BBC television that the airline might just consider coin slots for in-flight lavatory use.

"One thing we have looked at in the past and are looking at again is the possibility of maybe putting a coin slot on the toilet door so that people might actually have to spend a pound (about $1.43) to spend a penny in future," O'Leary told the BBC.

This new fee idea is part of a larger plan to boost Ryanair's discretionary revenue. Of course, the idea of paying to use a two-by-two toilet at 33,000-feet isn't going over well with travelers or Ryanair employees.

According to The Times of London, Ryanair pilots are "aghast" at the idea of coin-slot toilets. One pilot questioned whether or not Ryanair would hand out compllimentary toilet tokens to its pilots, according to the Times.

Can Ryanair get away with this? According to British law, it's perfectly legal for Ryanair to charge to use the bathroom on their flights. While the controversy continues in the U.K., we want to know your thoughts on these in-flight fees.

© Cheapflights Ltd Melanie Nayer

Comments

[JC3]

Here's an idea... How about you calculate how much it costs to run a flight from here to there.. factor in a bit of profit...divide by the number of passengers... AND CHARGE THAT PRICE!

Nickle and diming me as a customer... makes me NOT want to fly your airline. I want a clean comfortable quiet trip...PERIOD.

[Angeline]

Heaven help you if you don't have the correct change and are in dire (or should I say diarrhea) need.

So does that mean whenever they keep passengers waiting with flight delays we can deduct from the ticket fare? or when we stand in their line because they have inadequate staff does that constitute "the meter is ticking" to the benefit of the traveler?

Alas it may soon become a non-issue as I doubt many travelers will elect to put up with this sort of abuse from an industry who still enjoy profits, albeit lower than they would like!

[phrage]

just o'leary(ceo) playing with your mind and generating free publicity-worlds most successful airlineand worlds most calculatedly eccentric ceo