Urine-collecting underwear for pilots
Air-force pilots will no longer have to hold in their pee or risk their plane crashing when they want to go for a quick wizz, as a company has now introduced "piddle-packs", in which pilots can pee without leaving their seats.The special underwear has a pouch for men and a sanitary napkin for women, and uses a system called "Advance Mission Extender Device" which when peed in, drains the urine into a collection bag by pumping it through a hose that is connected to the underwear.
Over the years, pilots are known to have used bottles and bags, have held it in, or dehydrated themselves before their flights -- all of which have dangerous consequences.
Flying began in the 1900's, it surprises me that it has taken them over a 100 years to devise a solution for this problem!
This product seems like it's specifically for air-force pilots, which makes me wonder about the peeing situation for pilots in normal carrier planes -- excuse my ignorance but is there a toilet in the cockpit?
Kent, enlighten us?
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May 21st 2008 @ 4:33PM
Emma Leigh said...
I'm thinking that if that nutty NASA astronaut wasn't up on felony charges, she'd have cause to sue.
http://wizbangblog.com/content/2007/02/06/space-shuttle-astronaut-arrest.php
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May 21st 2008 @ 4:42PM
paul said...
Um, isn't that what co-pilots are for? To fly the plane while they pee?
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May 21st 2008 @ 5:05PM
Nick Hawkins said...
If you sit in a premium cabin, you can watch the pilots get up to pee and stretch the legs. It's awesome like that.
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