Think of all the bacteria on those things! Imagine if someone has lice?? nasty!!
think abut how many hundreds of people use them and rub their face in it if they fall asleep!!!
had to let this "lobster" loose!LOL

All you have to do is not use the "provided" pillows, or bring your own.

I bring my own small pillow case to put on the provided pillow. Lugging my own pillow along seems like such a pain.

I agree with the original poster. When I see pillows on the floor, and then stepped on after someone comes out of the sticky-floored bathroom, it grosses me out. Just think....someone is going to put their head or face on that during the next flight....ick!

Collection pads for all sorts, any one know just what the life span of an airline pillow/blanket may be, until it is disposed of, and then exactly how are they disposed? But, that is exactly what is constantly refreshed and growing in the seats also.

OK, calypso12, I have a question for you.
Think about the fact that the seat and backrest on which you've plastered your body for hours on end is a veritable bacteria smorgasbord.
Think of all the food particles (which bacteria love), hair, nails, drool/saliva, dead skin, scabs, flatus and everything else which has been deposited on your personal seat prior to your arrival.
Think those seats get sterilized on a regular basis? Not.
Plane seats are possibly the most bacteria-infested, disgusting surfaces you touch in an average year.
:0

For whomever is currently sleeping with Pam Anderson or Colin Farrell it's probably a toss-up as to what is the most bacteria-infested thing they touch on a regular basis.

Good one, Ted! Quite honestly, I think of aircraft seats just as I do metro seats, park bench seats, restaurant seats and the likes. Any public place in this world has tons of bacteria. That's why I don't wear shorts when I travel.

The only place you can control the germs you are exposed to is at home. If one is going to be paranoid about it, why travel? There are millions of people in the world living in poverty and who do not have the luxury of clean drinking water, let a pillow. They would be thrilled to have that so-called germ infested pillow the airlines throw away.

i like to think that being in situations and locations like that help strengthen my immune system...

Great answers guys!!!!!!!!!
keep em coming!LOL pam anderson!cute!lmao

How about the grocery store cart? Think about that handle--nasty, nasty! People handling produce, fruit, the salad bar--getting nasties on their filthy hands and transferring to the cart handle for the next person to pick up....

Enough to make a person want to go to Micky D's to feed, but how 'bout that help?

There used to be a permissable level of aaahhh, contaminants for baking ingredients in commercial bakeries. I've seen pictures...

hey hey hey bookhall My beautiful daughter works for Mickey D's! Actually they have a mandatory hand washing policy...every hour I think.

I thought they threw away those pillows? I often use 'em ...gosh...

Just try not to think about it. Try not to think about it. Try not to think about it.

They showed a study on this on the Today show once. Those pillow cases are only washed on an average of every 3 flights. The blankets were only washed an average of one time a week!! ew. I bring my own neck pillow thank you very much. Those half circle ones, they support your head really well. That and my eyemask.

lol! wow...grocery carts..never thought of that!!
Actually my husband told me they DON'T replace the pillows or blankets(he is an aircraft mechanic for an airline)!
I am dumbfounded!@LOL you think they would wash them.. Do you know how many people must get scivvies on them??and drool if they are asleep??
omg nasty!
keep em coming!Ill be thinking of u guys when i leave for the caribbean sunday!

Luckily, dry surfaces don't harbor too much bacteria (unlike roadkill, someone's mouth, etc.). Furthermore, most people are healthy enough to fight bacteria. We also wear clothes which offers further protection.

If lice is a problem, leather airline seats may help.

we might as well spacesuits getting on the planes!! calypso good post!!

I usually bring a small pillow or a neck pillow on the plane - not because I am overly worried about germs, I just don't like the feel of those covers they put on the pillows. I use the airplane pillows for lumbar support though.

...if what you say is correct, then I should be crawling with lice right now, not to mention "scivvies" whatever they are...

OK Colette...I won't think about it, won't think about it, won't think about it.

Don't eat when you get there, and bring your own bed-linen too! Send me all your germ-laden money too.

I just don't think about things like that ... germs and other nasties are a fact of life. During "cold season" I tend to wash my hands more often, but I don't think I suffer any unusual ailments after travel.

Besides, when did anyone actually "catch" something? I don't mean "a friend of your sister's hairdresser"-type rumor, but one of you or someone you personally know.