Northwest to Charge Extra for Onboard Bowel Movements

[trof]

AP
Northwest to Charge Extra for Onboard Bowel Movements
Tuesday March 14, 1:43 am ET
Northwest Airlines Corp. to Charge $10 Extra for Use of Bathroom


EAGAN, Minn. (AP) -- For an extra $10, Northwest Airlines Corp. will sell coach passengers a bathroom pass, good on all Northwest, Northwest Airlink, and Skyteam flights.

Starting Tuesday, Northwest will ask passengers on most domestic flights if they're interested in paying extra for the privilege of urinating or deficating.

The "Crapper Choice" program will involve at least one bathroom on Northwest's domestic flights.

Northwest's bathrooms involved in the program will feature scented hand soaps, gum, cologne, mints, and a "bathroom buddy" to hand you a towel.

Jim Cron, vice president of passenger marketing and sales, said Northwest is trying to give business travelers a more enjoyable lavatory experience. They're often the travelers who pay full fare, but often find that the bathroom feels cramped and dirty.

Northwest, the nation's fourth-largest airline, has been operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since September. Cron acknowledged the carrier is scouting ways to increase revenue but declined to estimate how much the $10 fee might generate.

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. For real?

:wow:

[trof]

2. Only a matter of time.

;-)

[SmileyBoy]

3. This is a joke, right??

[bertha katzenengel]

4. You're jumping the gun, trof. There are more than two weeks to 4/1.

:)

[Deja Q]

5. More like dumping the gun...

:wow:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Let me see if I'm getting this........

They will sell you this pass for a bathroom that is nicer than the normal ones......

Otherwise, you have to use the ones that we are all so very familiar with?

Tell me that this is the case! Otherwise.....

HELL NO, I won't go!

:hurts:

[BlueJazz]

7. I'll fix the Cheap Bastards. The next time I fly, I'll shit in the Seats!

[Left Is Write]

8. I heard they're going to be charging extra for seats inside the plane.

Folks to cheap to pony up for the upgrade will sit on the wings.

[begin_within]

9. Pretty soon they'll start charging for air.

[dolo amber]

10. ...

[NMMNG]

11. This sounds more like it came from The Onion than from AP

Will the fancy loos look anything like the first-class one in "Soul Plane"?

[In_The_Wind]

12. You're kidding.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. What next?

They gonna charge for the muthafuckin' SNAKES??

[Shine]

14. "Crapper Choice" program, that's classic.

:rofl: