@KLizotte 117816 wrote:
So men don’t even have to get up to pee while flying?!?
God, we gotta have a talk. 😡
Oh everybody has to get up to relieve themselves; the urinal tube just happens to be close enough to the flight deck so the pilots and the navigator can continue to listen to the intercom and radios while taking a leak. To use the lavatory, they have to come off headsets since its in the tail of the jet.
Before the lavs were installed a chemical bucket was your only option for #2, but nobody’s a fan of the honey bucket. In other aircraft chemical toilets are your only option which is still much much better than single seaters (fighters) where everybody pees sitting down:
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You don’t want to know what happens when a sortie’s extended or how U-2 pilots suits handle bathroom breaks in their space suits.
If you’re still curious: The true unsung hero’s of the flightline
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