Should airplane bathrooms have sinks?

Allison Arieff writes in a New York Times blog that,

"… a recent short hop I took on Horizon Air set a new dismal standard for cost efficiency.

The lavatory had no sink.

Ick.

It did have a lone plastic bottle of hand sanitizer glued to the counter" (right, photo by Bryan Burkhart).

While the water in sinks is not for drinking, I can think of lots of scenarios — and have even experienced a few — where water and paper towel is essential for cleanup on an airplane.

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A former professor of food safety and the publisher of barfblog.com, Powell is passionate about food, has five daughters, and is an OK goaltender in pickup hockey. Download Doug’s CV here. Dr. Douglas Powell editor, barfblog.com retired professor, food safety 3/289 Annerley Rd Annerley, Queensland 4103 dpowell29@gmail.com 61478222221 I am based in Brisbane, Australia, 15 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time