AIRBUS: HEY, LET’S PUT A TOILET IN THE COCKPIT

European airplane manufacturer Airbus is working on ways to reduce operations costs, and one way of doing that would be to eliminate the need for a co-pilot. How will they do it? The aerospace company is proposing putting a toilet in the cockpit to allow for single-pilot flying. Airbus hopes planes fitted with cockpit toilets would appeal to airlines for its long-haul routes. Those routes typically require three or four pilots to share flight duties, allowing pilots time to sleep off-duty. With a toilet, one pilot can be alone in the cockpit while one other pilot sleeps. Airbus says the technology is ready now (* Technology?) and they could be on planes by 2027.
* Even cheaper would be adult diapers, but they figured that wasn’t gonna fly, so to speak.
* They’ll save a little more money ’cause to make room for the toilet, they’re going to tear out the back-up navigation computer.
* What’s the difference between an American Boeing and a European Airbus plane pilot? If you’re piloting an Airbus, You’re a-peein’.
* I’m just imagining a pilot sitting on the can in the cockpit checking his Instagrams for a half-hour.
* God forbid the next pilot comes into the cockpit at 30,000 feet and decides to crack a window.