Just MEL the damn thing and go. Circuit breaker E-11, little sticker on the door, lock it, get the people to thier connecting flight. Give the annoying gate agent a task - tell her to go make a PA to the passengers waiting at the gate about the lav. Gets her out of your hair and gives the people a chance to go beforehand.
It's Golden Rule the way I see it, if you'll pardon the expression. If you were a passsenger, would you rather be make your connection or go to the bathroom? Me too.
And when the 'potty emergency' happens enroute, and it will, you can either send them in there with a bottle of Crystal Geyser (again, pardon the expression...) to do thier own bowl-rinsing, or you can wait till they're out and push the circuit breaker in for a few seconds. And don't give me that malarkey about it being against regs to reset circuit breakers in-flight. That's for fire risks. This ain't a fire risk. |