Entitled United Airlines 1K Member Has “Meltdown” When Economy Class Passenger Tries To Use First Class Lavatory
There’s a lot of entitlement in this world, but there is a unique entitlement exercised by some frequent flyers who are loyal to one airline. A United Airlines 1K member had an “absolute meltodwn” when he noticed an economy class flyer coming forward to use the first class lavatory. That’s pathetic enough in any circumstance, but particularly pathetic under the specific circumstances of the flight.
United 1K Loses It When Economy Class Passenger Tries To Use First Class Lavatory
The raconteur is again 757FO, now a captain, who flies the Boeing 757 and 767 for United Airlines and is a contributor on FlyerTalk. He tells of a recent incident onboard one of his flights:
Deadheading to work and had the displeasure of watching a 1K member have an absolute meltdown when a passenger from row 10 dared to use the first-class lavatory. The drink cart was out in the main cabin, and this poor soul in need of the bathroom came up from the back.
OMG, this idiot 1K Member went bonkers, and told the woman the upfront bathroom was exclusive to first class only, and she should wait until the bathroom in her cabin class was available. Unfortunately, me in uniform and desperately trying to not get involved while I enjoy the latest episode of Tulsa Kings gets sucked into the mele, when Mr. 1K tells me to remind the offending passenger she is not allowed up here.
I explain to Mr. 1K that when you gotta go, you gotta go, and this particular passenger could not reach the rear lavatory due to the aisle being blocked. This logic was unacceptable to him, and I politely told him that while the airline appreciates his business, the aircraft was owned by United Airlines, and not him.
I felt sooo bad for the passenger in Row 10. She looked like a deer in headlights.
Some days, I envy my friends flying boxes at FEDEX….
You really have to wonder what would possess a passenger to butt into a situation like this.
Actually, I know the type. They think the flight attendants are not doing their job by policing the cabin and protecting the lavatories so they take it upon themselves to do it. He would have also barked if the first class cabin had an economy class passenger placed her bag in the overhead bin in first lcass, even if first class had already fully boarded.
The key fact here is that the economy class lavatories were blocked by the bevreage cart. United does not have a rule (any longer) that specifies you must use the lavatory in the cabin in which you are seated. That used to be the case, but United loosened that rule years ago for exactly these type of situations.
I understand that part of paying extra for first class is having access to an exclusive lavatory. But as the pilot mentioned, when you gotta go, you gotta go…
And I see this as nothing more than pathetic entitlement by a passenger who should have minded his own business.
Do you agree? What if the beverage cart had not been blocking the aisle?