Flight attendants have a tough job. From being assaulted for bringing nuts in a bag to being fired for indulging in a bit of romance, we’ve heard some shocking stories of the all too frequent trauma they have to endure. However, nothing comes close to what’s come to light today. Yes, as much as we hate to lower the tone of the Simple Flying site, sometimes needs must, and today we have a need. If you thought it was unpleasant to sit next to a large passenger on a plane, how would you feel if they asked you to strip them off and then wipe their bottom. That’s exactly what happened to some unfortunate flight attendants on an EVA Air flight earlier this month, it has been revealed at a press conference today. The incident took place on a flight between LA and Taoyuan in Taiwan on January 19th. Awful Passenger Meets EVA Air Hospitality – in the Lavatory – and it Gets Crazier From There https://t.co/MQsMPnTPCI via @garyleff pic.twitter.com/Aczp32fqPJ — BoardingArea (@BoardingArea) January 21, 2019 ‘He threatened to relieve himself on the floor’ The American passenger arrived at the flight in a wheelchair and demanded to be sat in three adjoining economy seats owing to his large size. Chief purser on the flight, identified only by her surname, Kuo, said there were some empty seats so she happily obliged. She estimated the man weighed around 200kg (440lb or 31.4 stone) and was pleased to be able to offer him a comfortable seat. A couple of hours into the flight, he called her over to say he needed to use the restroom but wouldn’t fit in the economy cubicle. He demanded to use the business class bathroom; Kuo, again, obliged. However, this is where things started to get weird. A couple of minutes after leaving him in the toilet, the man pulled the emergency help bell. Upon entering, Kuo says he demanded someone pull down his pants as he had a hand injury that was preventing him from doing so. She initially refused, saying: “I told him we couldn’t help him, but he started yelling. He threatened to relieve himself on the floor” “He told me to go in there immediately and threatened to relieve himself on the floor. As the passenger’s genitals were now exposed, one of my colleagues brought a blanket, which I used to cover his modesty. “But he very angrily slapped my hand away, saying he didn’t want it and only wanted me to remove his underwear so he could use the toilet.” Under protest, the flight attendant did as he asked. Weirdly, he then said they had to leave the door open while he pooped, otherwise he might suffer a panic attack. But it got worse. ‘He moaned in pleasure’ According to reports from the press conference, once he was done using the toilet, the guy called them back to wipe his bottom. Not wanting to leave the passenger trapped in the bathroom, Kuo’s chief attendant reluctantly agreed to do it. Wearing three pairs of latex gloves, the attendant’s discomfort developed into sheer humiliation as the passenger allegedly began moaning in pleasure. Kuo said at the press conference: “He said: ‘Oh, mmm, deeper, deeper,’ and then accused my chief attendant of not properly cleaning his backside, requesting that she do it again.” Apparently, the attendant had to do it three times before he finally agreed to have his pants pulled back up and to return to his seat. According to Taiwanese news sources, Kuo is now filing for sexual harassment, and who can blame her. EVA Air flight attendants who was required to assist overweight passenger in lavatory, including removing underwear and wiping his backside, files sexual harassment claim – https://t.co/Lz0B102QzH pic.twitter.com/XiMTY3lbuY — Dr. Todd Curtis (@speedbrake) January 22, 2019 In tears at a press conference, she accused EVA Air of not doing enough to protect her. EVA Air flight attendant alleges sexual harassment by elderly white male passenger, tearfully accuses company of failing to protect her https://t.co/iIeci7jphD — ジェームス (@jmstwn) January 22, 2019 Are EVA Air to blame? EVA Air, who only employ female cabin crew, made a statement saying crew are not obliged to comply with passenger demands. They said this was the case even in the situation where someone requires special assistance. But the Taoyuan Flight Attendants’ Union who is representing Kuo and her colleagues has said the problem is systemic. They argue that flight attendants increasingly work in a service industry culture, where they are expected to bend to every passengers whim. The general reaction is shock and horror. Some have called for the passenger to be named and shamed, although we doubt those who know him will have much trouble identifying him. He is rather ‘unique’ looking. Since the incident, it has emerged that the passenger was met from the plane by a wheelchair. Passing through the airport, wheelchair assistance asked if he needed to use the toilet and whether he needed any help. The man said he didn’t require any assistance to go to the toilet. What’s really upsetting is that it’s not the first time this has happened. According to the union, the very same man previously defecated himself in his seat and then refused to clean himself up, and another time he spit juice on his crotch and demanded the stewardess dab the area dry. Rather than blacklist the passenger, EVA Air are being accused of simply allowing his behavior and expecting frontline staff to deal with it. The union propose that the carrier begins banning people who behave in inappropriate ways, as well as hiring male flight attendants to fix the problem. The bottom line (sorry) is that no flight attendant should have to deal with situations like this. Negotiations are expected to continue over the coming days, and we hope for a successful outcome for these unfortunate staff members.<doc-sep>Flight attendants for the Taiwanese airline EVA Air are taking a stand after they say a male passenger allegedly forced several female crew members to remove his underwear and wipe him after he used the restroom on a Saturday flight from Los Angeles to Taiwan. During a press conference Monday, one crew member, identified only as Kuo, described the encounter, saying the overweight passenger claimed he recently had surgery and needed help to use the restroom, according to CNN and Business Insider. Kuo, who was backed by the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union, recalled that the man asked for help sitting on and getting up from the toilet seat. "getting on and off the toilet seat." She stated, per CNN, that the passenger asked for his underwear to be pulled down and slapped her hand away when she attempted to cover his genitals with a blanket. Kuo said the passenger tried to convince the crew members to leave the bathroom door open and demanded the crew members wipe him. Kuo said she held him up as another female crew member wiped him. "I'll never forget that moment: With his feces still in the toilet, I had nowhere to escape," Kuo said. "Now every time I'm forced to relive what happened in my mind, I feel traumatized." The Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union wants EVA Air to update protocol regarding passengers who need physical assistance. EVA Air says its crew can turn down inappropriate demands from passengers and that it will be investigating the incident, according to a statement via Chinese social media platform Weibo.<doc-sep>A female EVA Air flight attendant accused a passenger of sexual harassment and has threatened to sue the man after she was allegedly forced to undress him and wipe his behind after he used the bathroom. The unnamed flight attendant from the Taiwanese airline was working on a flight from Los Angeles to Taipei on Jan. 19 when the alleged incident happened. According to Focus Taiwan, the woman said an overweight man in a wheelchair needed assistance to use the restroom two hours into the nearly 12 hour flight. UNITED AIRLINES PASSENGERS STRANDED ON PLANE FOR OVER 14 HOURS AT FREEZING AIRPORT IN CANADA The man allegedly asked several female flight attendants – the women claim the airline did not have male flight staff on board – to help him take off his pants and underwear and assist him in the bathroom, claiming he was unable to do so himself because of his disability. "I felt that as a flight attendant, removing a passenger's underwear was beyond the scope of my responsibilities," said the deputy cabin service head to Focus Taiwan. Despite their apprehension, three crew members said they assisted the passenger in disrobing as he needed to use the bathroom. PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING OVER POISON CONCERNS AFTER PASSENGERS START ‘TURNING GREEN,’ ‘SUFFOCATING’ The crew said they tried to keep the door closed while he was inside, but he demanded it remain open as “he couldn’t breathe” if it was closed. The female staff also said the man exposed his genitals to them. After the man finished using the restroom, the women claim the male passenger refused to leave the restroom until one of them helped wipe him. The crew members initially refused, Focus Taiwain reported, but one female flight attendant eventually assisted the man when he would not leave the restroom. The cabin director who wiped the man’s behind claimed the passenger began to moan and said “deeper” while she was assisting him. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS The flight attendant, with help from the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union, has requested EVA Air sue the passenger over the alleged incident. According to the publication, the passenger was involved in another incident on May 2018 with EVA Air when he defecated in his underwear during the flight. The union is also requesting EVA protect its staff by making sure disabled passengers have a caretaker and hire male flight staff. EVA did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment, but issued a press statement saying flight staff is allowed to refuse passenger’s request if they are uncomfortable. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The airline also said male staff were on the flight and they assisted with the disabled passenger. However, the company also said they would offer assistance to the union to sue the passenger, if needed.<doc-sep>
The head purser hosted a press conference and recalled the unreasonable demands made by the passenger. The head purser hosted a press conference and recalled the unreasonable demands made by the passenger. Cabin crew members of a Taiwanese airline have complained after an American passenger on a long-haul flight allegedly exposed himself, and made a woman flight attendant wipe him after he had used the toilet. The chief purser on the flight, identified only by her surname Kuo, addressed a press conference recently in which she said that the passenger made “unreasonable requests” from the flight attendants while travelling to Los Angeles from Taipei. Reliving the incident that left the all-women crew traumatised, Kuo said the overweight passenger forced her and her colleagues on the EVA Air flight on January 19 to undress him in the plane’s lavatory when he needed to use it. She alleged that he demanded that the crew clean him thrice after he had defecated, and on one occasion asked the crew member to go ‘deeper’. According to the flight attendant, the unnamed wheelchair-bound passenger told the flight crew that he needed assistance to use the toilet as he had injured his right arm. They helped him into the business class toilet after he complained the toilet in the economy class was too small, but the passenger then demanded that they help him remove his underwear, which was allegedly “already pulled down halfway”, Asia One reports. With no male flight attendant on board, the cabin crew turned down his demand, but he refused to take no for an answer. The crew members finally relented and helped remove his pants after he threatened to defecate on the floor. “I told him we couldn’t help him, but he started yelling. He told me to go in there immediately and threatened to relieve himself on the floor,” Kuo was quoted as saying in a Daily Mail report. The flier also reportedly demanded that the door of the toilet be kept open for ‘better circulation’ while he defecated. However, the flight attendants closed the door. The passenger then called them in after he had relieved himself and asked them to wipe him. A Next Shark report quoted Kuo as saying: “He said: ‘Oh, mmm, deeper, deeper,’ and then accused my chief attendant of not properly cleaning his backside, requesting that she do it again.” Following the incident, the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union urged EVA Air to properly respond to the issue and has suggested few measures to tackle such situations, which female flight attendants say are hardly rare. “The union said the incident clearly constituted sexual harassment and asked that EVA sue the passenger, who has caused trouble on several previous occasions when flying with the company,” Focus Taiwan News channel reported. EVA Air issued a statement in response to the incident, saying that their crew members are not obliged to accept demands that they deem inappropriate from passengers. According to the airline, investigations will be conducted and appropriate measures will be taken if the passenger is found to have exceeded his boundaries.