We often wonder why there are so many rules governing everyday life but some British Airways ramp attendants have provided an example. The airline had to remind workers at London Heathrow to please not urinate in the cargo holds of its aircraft rather than hike back into the building to a washroom. “Basically the guys were taking a leak in the hold when they were caught short,” the Sun quoted its anonymous source at the airline as saying. “You can understand it.” Apparently only the airline’s Boeing 747s were the target of the wee transgressions, presumably because there is standing room in those holds.
Sanitary concerns and eeewww factor notwithstanding, the primary worry of the BA bosses was the discovery of corrosion inside the aircraft attributed to the practice. The evidence was described by the newspaper as “flaking metal” but it assured its readers the aircraft were not structurally damaged. It’s not clear how the supervisors sleuthed out the cause of the corrosion but the solution is a new rule.
