FAA: No more emergency oxygen in airplane lavatories

[RandySF]

Citing security concerns, the federal government in secrecy last month ordered every airline in the United States to remove emergency oxygen in every lavatory on all 6,000 domestic commercial aircraft.

Under Air Worthiness Directive 2011-04-09, made public this week, the Federal Aviation Administration directed all airlines to disable the lavatory oxygen generators to "eliminate a potential safety and security vulnerability.”

That means that if there’s a sudden loss of cabin pressure, now only those passengers at their seats will have oxygen flowing to the masks that drop down from the ceiling.

“I’m in shock,” said Kate Hanni, executive director of Flyersrights.org, a nonprofit airline passengers' rights organization. “We get reports of mid-air decompression events all the time. So now going to the bathroom on a commercial flight can kill you? I’m panicking just thinking about this.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42015889/ns/travel-news

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Security concerns?

I don't get it.

:wtf:

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. I do... but if the generators are that easy to reach

there is a design flaw.

It is the chemicals in them... that potentially could be put to ill use.

All I can say is... no it will not kill you if you recognize what is going on and manage to get to your seat fairly fast... or the air crew gets to you with the itty bitty... E Tank they carry on board.

Next though... since O2 concentrators are similar... no fly if you use one of them.

MORONS.

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. Ummmm...Kate? You don't die instantly when an airliner decompresses. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Next move: charging for oxygen in coach.