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You Should Think Twice About Using Airline Pillows

Teahan From Belgium, joined Nov 1999, 5264 posts, RR: 63
Posted (12 years 6 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 777 times:

I got this from the flyer talk forums:

According to allegations made today, the laundry company, Royal Airlines Laundry, which services about 150 carriers, has been allegedly telling some workers to simply skip the washing of blankets, pillows and headsets and to simply Repackage them as is!

What do you think?

Maybe the rude FA who refused you a pillow was doing you a favour!

Jeremiah Teahan

Goodbye SR-LX MD-11 / 6th of March 1991 to the 31st of October 2004

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Blink182 From Azerbaijan, joined Oct 1999, 5430 posts, RR: 19
Reply 1, posted (12 years 6 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 730 times:

Great, now I can't even use a pillow on an airplane! gee, what will the companies that serve airlines think up next?? Teahan- maybe you are right, they may be doing us a favor!
rgds,
blink182

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Hkdragon2 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (12 years 6 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 719 times:

Why does this not surprise me in the least? Mind you, those pillows are so small that they're almost useless anyway - I have to fold them about triple for them to be thick enough to notice! :p

Cheers

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Mike

RWally From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 555 posts, RR: 4
Reply 3, posted (12 years 6 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 706 times:

I heard that the airlines usually just throw the pillows away after the flight. I know they wash the blankets because they cost so much.

Blink182 From Azerbaijan, joined Oct 1999, 5430 posts, RR: 19
Reply 4, posted (12 years 6 months 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 664 times:

RWally, I think you may be right about the pillows, the economy ones at least. Those look disposable, business and first however, look really nice and are thick and just like a real pillow, I doubt they throw away business and first class pillows.
rgds,
blink182

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GUNDU From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (12 years 6 months 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 663 times:

That's why I never sleep on aircraft

I also heard that they do not wash the headphones and just repackage it,with all the germs and stuff.

Gundu

VirginA340 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 15 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (12 years 6 months 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 659 times:

The comapny that does the washing washes the stuff for UAL, CO as well as over a hundred other major airlines both domestic and foreign. I met a union rep at EWR passing out flyers titled "this is what you get for flying United" Right below showed the photos of bacteria under a microscope! My stomach still turns at the sight of those pictures. Yuk!!!! There were similar flyers for CO warning people about the bacteria in pillows and headsets.

"FUIMUS"

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