RKS Travel: WC Blues on Long Airplane Flights

I have taken transatlantic flights with Air Canada, Air Transat, TAP Air Portugal, Lufthansa, SATA, EVA Air and most recently with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on Economy and Enhanced Economy fares. Their WC bathrooms start clean enough and in all instances, other than with EVA Air, the WC is after a few in-flight hours in a sorry state with pools of water (and possibly some other liquid) on the floor, paper (again what type) and unsavory lingering aromas made more unbearable by that blue chemical that goes down with the flush.

My Eva Air experience from Toronto to Vietnam was an exception. The WC was cleaned several times during the flight and was maintained in an immaculate condition.

While in Thessaloniki, Greece recently I had an airline WC discussion with an experienced traveler praising his WC travel experiences on Asian carriers who seem to pride themselves on clean WC’s. Singapore Airlines and JAL/ANA received the highest marks.

And always smile when checking in at the counter when you have no prior seat assignment. I was a bit curt with an Air Transat passenger agent checking in and although I was the first person to check in on my Paris to Toronto flight where did I sit? Right by the WC where having to listen to that horrendous vacuum flush for 7 hours I have endured since long term PTSD of airline WC’s.