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glitch25http://gizmodo.com/#!5780585/new-faa-rule-turns-airplane-bathrooms-into-deadly-traps
Of note, this is already done. Not proposed. Over 6000 aircraft have already been modified, and it was kept hush-hush on purpose.
Apparently the Oxygen mask in the flying honey bucket is hooked up to a chemical oxygen generator and the fear is that somebody will find a way to get at it, and find nefarious use of it.
So... if some other hole opens up while you're on the john and there is rapid or explosive decompression, chances are good you may die before you pull your pants up and exit the bathroom. Then again, if we keep the generators in there, some asshole will use it to blow the bathroom out the side of the plane. Either way, you're fucked.
Why do I want to fly anywhere in this day and age?
Of note, this is already done. Not proposed. Over 6000 aircraft have already been modified, and it was kept hush-hush on purpose.
Apparently the Oxygen mask in the flying honey bucket is hooked up to a chemical oxygen generator and the fear is that somebody will find a way to get at it, and find nefarious use of it.
So... if some other hole opens up while you're on the john and there is rapid or explosive decompression, chances are good you may die before you pull your pants up and exit the bathroom. Then again, if we keep the generators in there, some asshole will use it to blow the bathroom out the side of the plane. Either way, you're fucked.
Why do I want to fly anywhere in this day and age?