• Ironfist@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    How is an airline not prepared for this kind of incident? It must happen all the time, you would assume they know how to properly clean it and dry it.

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      1 year ago

      Most airlines contract third-party “groomers” that clean the seats and aisles between flights and have access to spare cushions to replace soiled ones “in relatively short order,” Dee said.

      “You’ve got toddlers, infants, even adults who have certain accidents … it doesn’t happen every flight, but it certainly happens every day.”

      But specialists say tight-packed schedules and flight delays squeezing turnaround times can put more pressure on crews to get back in the air as soon as possible.

      “You’d be extending the ground time on the airplane to do the clean-up,” Gradek said, noting that crews have strict rules on their shift time, or “duty period.”

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        1 year ago

        So basically the crew forced someone to sit in vomit so they wouldn’t have to work late? Sounds about right.