A couple of weeks ago, I put up a post asking “how many lavatories are required on commercials jets?”

I did a lot of research but couldn’t find a definitive answer anywhere. I also contacted the FAA. I said I’d update you.

So today, I finally heard back — only to be told to contact the FAA’s “Aircraft Certification Service, Delegation and Airworthiness Programs” in Oklahoma City.

Okay, we did so. And lo and behold, a nice young man who took our call, had the answer. Click “more” and you’ll have the answer, too!

I was perusing an article in South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel the other day, about how airlines are coping with the soaring cost of fuel.

Almost as an aside, the paper mentioned that Spirit Airlines removed one of the 3-lavatories from its Airbus A319 jets, as a cost cutting measure! (Less weight = less fuel usage).

That got me to thinking: Spirit sure hasn’t been lacking for weird publicity this past year, and…exactly how many restrooms are planes supposed to have? Keep reading to see some of the bizarre stuff I came up with.