Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) has introduced the Comfortable and Fair Flights Act of 2015 to ensure that airline passengers have some basic rights and protections when traveling on commercial airlines. Not only would the bill prohibit airlines from adding bathroom fees to its myriad charges for ancillary fees ranging from seat selection to baggage to snacks, but would also allow passengers to change flights for free if bathrooms on their scheduled flights are out of order, and require airlines to issue refunds for bag fees if luggage is delayed by two or more hours.  Back in 2010, European budget airline Ryanair floated an idea: What if they charged customers to pay to use the restroom? Said Lipinski in a statement: 
 
 "More and more, when airline passengers get on a flight they expect to suffer from uncomfortable conditions; as a frequent flyer I understand this. “One thing they should never have to worry about is access to a bathroom. Unfortunately, commercial flights are not required to depart with a functioning bathroom, sometimes forcing passengers to endure a trip without this basic necessity. Moreover, as ancillary fees continue to grow, the specter of an in-flight bathroom fee continues to loom in the background since first being broached in 2010.” 
 
 Lipinski said his bill was to ensure basic rights for passengers traveling on U.S. commercial airlines, including lost or delayed baggage. “Additionally, many of us are all too familiar with paying baggage fees and have come to accept them as part of the flying experience. "While lost and delayed baggage rates are declining, passengers who suffer from this inconvenience do so without the right to a refund, even after hours or days of delay. Simply put, if you pay for a service, you should get that service promptly or get your money back.” 
 
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– Your typical airline passenger is stuck in a cramped box several miles in the air—already peeved by baggage fees, reduced legroom, and a generally miserable experience—so why not, when nature calls, hit them with another fee to hit the bathroom? Ryanair floated the idea in 2010, disastrously, but just in case the idea should ever occur to American carriers, we present the case of Rep. Dan Lipinski, an Illinois Democrat apparently seeking the title of Hero to the American Traveler. Lipinski has put forth a bill called the Comfortable and Fair Flights Act of 2015, reports Fox News, which tells airlines "don't even think about it" in a number of ways—including banning so-called "pee fees." Per a Lipinski statement: "More and more, airline passengers ... expect to suffer from uncomfortable conditions. One thing they should never have to worry about is access to a bathroom. Unfortunately, commercial flights are not required to depart with a functioning bathroom, sometimes forcing passengers to endure a trip without this basic necessity. Moreover, as ancillary fees continue to grow, the specter of an in-flight bathroom fee continues to loom." But Lipinski's bill doesn't just deal in future hypotheticals: As Popular Mechanics notes, the bill "carries [an] interesting addendum, and one that is frankly more likely to affect travelers: All airlines would be forced to refund extra checked bag fees to anyone who has the arrival of their bag delayed by two or more hours." Or, as Lipinski puts it: "Simply put, if you pay for a service, you should get that service promptly or get your money back."