New Urinals for Virgin?

Captain_Bob

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Did anyone else catch this article?

Airline Halts Plan for Lip-Shaped Urinals Click here for story with pics... otherwise, read below.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Virgin Atlantic Airways on Friday scrapped plans to install bright-red urinals shaped like women's open lips at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, saying it had received complaints they were offensive.

"Virgin Atlantic was very sorry to hear of people's concerns about the design of the 'Kisses' urinals to be fitted into our clubhouse at JFK Airport. We can assure everyone who complained to us that no offense was ever intended," Virgin spokesman John Riordan said in a statement.


Riordan said the British company received several dozen complaints from people and groups including the National Organization for Women (news - web sites) after its plans for the urinals had been made public. NOW had posted a message on its Web site urging members to complain to Virgin chief Richard Branson.


"I don't know many men who think it's cool to pee in a woman's mouth, even a porcelain one," said NOW President Kim Gandy on the group's Web site.


The urinal, designed by a Dutch company, was the idea of a female designer. Riordan said Virgin was surprised by the negative reaction to the plan, part of designs for the lounge, built to pamper first-class customers.


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In AMS they have butterflies in the urinal for guys to aim at - if we have something to aim at we make less of a mess. Virgin was probably trying to innovative with this, knowing that this design would decrease spillage - thus saving money on cleaning.
 
Captain Bob:

Where was that Avitar image taken? That looks just like the scenic flight ramp I used to fly at and I cant read the tail number, but it looks like one of the old 172's we used for scenic flights (737YS or 738HE).
 
Hey there Acadia,

Great eyes! It was taken at BHB (Bar Harbor) when my wife and I did a scenic aerial lighthouse tour around Acadia back in '97. We loved the ocean, the lighthouses, the mountains, and just about everything else associated with Maine. We later moved to Cape Elizabeth, and had 4 wonderful years living on the ocean.

Bob
 
I have seen that sight though the camera view finder a few zillion times so it grabbed my eye.

Everything is the same up here now only we were using a Saratoga and now 182's rather than 172's. Stop in if you get up this way again.
 
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In AMS they have butterflies in the urinal for guys to aim at -

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I always thought they were flies. They actually do help--after a 12 hour flight or a few too many Heinekens it takes a lot of concentration
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Stop in if you get up this way again.

[/ QUOTE ] Definately! We are actually planning another trip back up this summer... We'll see how it all works out.
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Bob
 
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