You've got to be kidding!

This may not be necessarily media related, but it definitely needs to be reported. An airline wants to charge its passengers for using the toilet!

Company head Michael O’Leary told the BBC that Ryanair, Europe’s largest budget airline, might start charging passengers for using an airplane’s toilet, according to blogger Karen Datko.

What’s more is that O’Leary said the charge could be one British pound, which amounts to about $1.40, per use. Holy cow! Way to exploit people for performing a very basic body function! And the sad thing is that people will actually pay that much if they really have to go.

Though charging people for using in-flight toilets seems like an atrocity at the least, it is just the extreme in a long line of airlines’ hidden fees. For example, fees for checked baggage, in-flight amenities, paper tickets and booking have become very popular in the United States, according to MSN Money.

I have to say my favorite hidden fee, though, is the curb-side baggage check-in fee. I can just see myself being stressed and loaded down with luggage when a nice old airline man comes up to me and asks if I want help. I would most definitely say yes, to which he would reply, “That’s $2 and a tip, please!”

When it comes to airline travel, so much for goodwill and bathrooms for all!