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How to de-queue a line of terrorists using the lav to create a bomb - have the pilot make an announcement about "turbulence" and put the seatbelt sign on. Back in your seats everyone. If they don't be a gettin' back in their seats, we got an official air marshall event.

According to the article, a lot of the suspicious activities took place with the seatbelt sign on.

Finally, the captain announced that the plane was cleared for landing. It had been four hours since we left Detroit. The fasten seat belt light came on and I could see downtown Los Angeles. The flight attendants made one final sweep of the cabin and strapped themselves in for landing. I began to relax. Home was in sight.

Suddenly, seven of the men stood up -- in unison -- and walked to the front and back lavatories. One by one, they went into the two lavatories, each spending about four minutes inside. Right in front of us, two men stood up against the emergency exit door, waiting for the lavatory to become available. The men spoke in Arabic among themselves and to the man in the yellow shirt sitting nearby. One of the men took his camera into the lavatory. Another took his cell phone. Again, no one approached the men. Not one of the flight attendants asked them to sit down. I watched as the man in the yellow shirt, still in his seat, reached inside his shirt and pulled out a small red book. He read a few pages, then put the book back inside his shirt. He pulled the book out again, read a page or two more, and put it back. He continued to do this several more times.

This really surprised me that nothing was said.

On a recent flight to Las Vegas from San Jose, two women got up as the flight was taxiing to the gate to use the bathroom, and the flight attendant told them both to sit down over the intercom.

One stayed in the bathroom and the same flight attendant said that based on US Fed regulations, the plane would not be able to proceed to the gate until she returned to her seat.

The flight was less than hour long, so why these two could not hold it for another 5 minutes is beyond me.

According to the article, a lot of the suspicious activities took place with the seatbelt sign on.

Good call. I didn't think you were allowed to either use the bathroom, much less form a line for it, when the seatbelt sign was on. Apparently that's not the case.