I could be wrong about this, but spending 8-hours sitting next to a river of crap sounds like a good reason for granting passengers a free ticket. If the $500 voucher covers that for everyone, I'd say that's fair.

Unless someone got really ill...

What good is a free ticket if people are turned off of flying Continental in the future?

Well let's say you paid $4,000 for a first class seat. I'd be more than willing to take that voucher and, to quote The Rock..."Shove it straight up their candy asses"

You're telling me a single pair of latex gloves can so bollocks up a airplane toilet that it resists attempted repairs by maintenance then proceeds to spew sewage throughout the plane?

Don't tell Osama.

oh and to add..

If ya smeeeeeeelllllllllll what The Rock, is, cooking.

Sorry about the 1999 WWF Flashback.

Continental needs to get those toilets that can flush 24 golf balls.

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thanks consumerist - i should just read before lunch and i have a new diet!

I hope our toilets are working on my non-refundable tickets to Tokyo in October.

Wow.
This reminds me of a trip I made to Italy years ago (out of JFK).
I was soo pissed (pardon the pun) that our flight was delayed for 6 hours because somebody flushed a blanket down one of the toilets.
Looking back now, I'm glad they held us up...

@pete: You're joking, right? A @#$#ing blanket. The only time I've ever heard a blanket being flushed was when there was a baby in it. Thank god that wasnt the case.

So I can flush a pair of gloves down one toilet and it blocks up all the others too?

Wormfather-
I didn't personally see it, but that's the flight crew told us.
A f'ing blanket.

So they can kick a teenage girl off her flight, due to a cough, because the pilot is concerned about the safety of his 'passengers'. Yet it's 'safe' for the poor bastards in coach to endure 8hours of airborne fecal bacteria?!?! Someone's got some explaining to do.

It will be interesting to see how many people report illness from breathing that shit for seven hours.

If the gloves were really latex, I also wonder if prints can be lifted. (Cue Who are you? [Who, Who? Who Who?] because Warrick Brown can "get a print off air.)

Have you EVER seen someone bring latex gloves on a flight? The only ones I've seen were on the last remaining cleaning crew who were still on the plane during a short, tight turnaround. They shouldn't have allowed the passengers to re-board in Shannon since the system was obviously still malfunctioning. Continental could easily have ferried another plane or chartered one from a different company.

(In)Continental: I'll never fly you again!

@Wormfather: It is no problem. I think I agree...

im in ur airpleen toylits, spillin ur shitz

@factotum:

it's not that easy to "ferry" another plane in. The vast majority of their aircraft are in service at any given time. And if they were to "Ferry" an aircraft in, it would have been from Houston or Newark, and would have taken many hours. Plus, they would have had to locate two SPARE crews (good luck on that one), because each crew can only fly for 8 hours per FAA regulations. And it's not that easy to lease a large aircraft or charter one that quickly, that has the same FAA credentials. So, until you deal in the industry, I'd keep that opinion to yourself ;)

@factotum:

1) They couldn't "easily" ferry a plane in. If they could, it would've taken MANY hours.
2) Then, they would've had to locate TWO spare crews ( good luck with that one) because each crew can only fly 8hrs per FAA regulations.
3) They can't just charter an aircraft of that size on the fly. That too, would have taken MANY hours.

So, what other uninformed opinions do you have to share?