FAA Orders Removal of Oxygen Tanks from Airplane Bathrooms

"The agency says it decided not to make the issue public due to the possibility that someone could use the information to cause harm to passengers." ~NOT SECRET ANY MORE!

Yeah, and this will last about as long as it takes one plane's cabin to lose pressure while somebody is on the sh*tter. After the multi-million-dollar payout from the federal government because someone didn't have enough oxygen to get their skivvies up, all will be back to normal.

The next people in the bathroom after my wife will need an oxygen mask for sure!

@Farankerin: "Safety first" is a 'woman's cry'? STOP sterotyping, idiot. I've seen lots of men's comments along the same lines as Debbie's. I believe we should profile, but this country is so big and ethnically diverse it isn't practical. The TSA runs peepshows and feel-ups so that Debbie and her ilk (male and female) can feel safe, but the FBI admits that guns and kinives still get through while citizens rights are trampled. I'll go with Ben Franklin who said "Those who would give up essential Liberty for a little Safety deserve neither".

What about the passenger who had a breakfast burrito? That's explosive gas!

Edgarlongenecker, what did you mean by all of that?
Dailydada, I miss something in your comment. Oxygen shouldn't be allowed in the bathroom because someone may need it? It's for the person in the bathroom, not others. If oxygen were needed, what would the person in the bathroom use? Looks like you didn't think very well, which is the first indication of lack of oxygen. By the way folks, at airline cruise altitudes, when cabin pressure is lost, a person only has five seconds of useful consciousness to get his mask on. Try running from the bathroom to an available mask in that length of time.

Debbie, the safety at all costs is usually a woman's cry and it is past tedious. Ten year after the 911 attack and a year at least since the last stopped attempt, they are now suddenly aware of the oxygen threat> Spare me, both the lie and your whining.

The office of customer irritation is overwhelmed. They should have seen this, what ten years ago? Now suddenly, old man D'ante woke up for his five minutes of lucid thought and said, get rid of the oxygen in the washroom, and closed his eyes. His check is secure again. This was not a recent threat? Do it immediately? Bull.

We would not have to worry about anyone setting fire with the oxygen tanks in the bathrooms if flammables were not allowed to be carried on the plane. You can purchase cigarette lighters in airport convienence stores and walk right on the plane.

So what are you going to do if the plane decompresses while you are in the toilet? These masks are dropped automatically by the crew and not passenger accessible. I suppose that someone could tamper with the drop down door housing the mask. So rather than ban the masks in rest rooms where you very well would need one during decompressing, they need to come up with a tamper-proof delivery system that would still be effective when needed in restrooms.

Also, what about passengers who carry oxygen bottles around with them as part of their normal breathing needs? I suppose that they will just have to stop breathing while in flight.