[Drew68]

The passenger said he had got up from his seat to use the toilet about half an hour into the journey from Tulum, Mexico to Houston, where he was then scheduled for a connecting flight to New York.

Here's what I think happened.

I'd bet money he was seated next to someone he didn't want to be, a woman perhaps, asked to be reseated and was told no.

As soon as the plane reached cruising altitude and the seatbelt sign went off (typically about 30 minutes into the flight), he decided he'd spend the remainder of his flight seated in the lavatory.

Some of these ultra-Orthodox Jews are very demanding.

[Morgana]

“Here’s what I think happened.

I’d bet money he was seated next to someone he didn’t want to be, a woman perhaps, asked to be reseated and was told no.

As soon as the plane reached cruising altitude and the seatbelt sign went off (typically about 30 minutes into the flight), he decided he’d spend the remainder of his flight seated in the lavatory.

Some of these ultra-Orthodox Jews are very demanding. “

That would explain the outburst from the pilot on his Jewish faith and you are probably correct.

Even Muslims are not this bad. If they have to sit next to a female they are not related to they just don’t talk or make eye contact with her. The UO Jews have hissy fits.