ANOTHER AIRPLANE/URINE STORY
An Iowa man was awarded $1,000 compensation – plus $500 for his clothes – by American Airlines after he sat in a plane seat soaked in suspected urine. Mike Feinberg said he boarded a flight from St. Louis, Missouri, to Des Moines on January 12 and he realized after about an hour that liquid from his first class seat had soaked into his clothes. So, he said, “I just kind of reach down between my seat to see what’s going on, and I go, ‘It’s urine.'” Feinberg said a flight attendant gave him blankets and a plastic bag to place between the seat and his backside. He was told an elderly passenger on a previous flight appeared to have trouble reaching the restroom and “must have missed once.” Feinberg said American Airlines provided him with a shower, a pair of pajamas and a $200 voucher after he landed in Des Moines. Feinberg’s compensation would also include $1,000, plus $500 for the suit he was wearing at the time of the incident.
* Well, he WAS in Row #1.
* There you go. Unlike the story last week, the airline had to replace the clothes, too.
* I work in radio. I will never have a $500 suit.
* A $500 car? Sure. Suit, no.
* Two airline urine stories in a row? I just hope this doesn’t become a trend.
* I blame Kate Winslet for making “accidental urine leakage” the newest “thing.”
* Plus the recent story about how sales of adult diapers are about to skyrocket.
* Time to just start covering all seats everywhere in plastic.
* I never thought I’d miss the stories of the drunken airline pilots.
* The last passenger pissed in the seat? Man, how scary was that landing?
* Actually the passenger had become terrified when they began serving the airline meal.
CLIP: Our classic “Incontinental Airlines” parody.
