Man says JetBlue made him sit on toilet

Townhall News ^ | Tuesday, May 13, 2008 | SAMUEL MAULL

[VRWCmember]

Sounds like JetBlue is trying to take its reputation to new depths. But $2 Million??!! Give me a break!

[CSM]

Did his legs fall asleep?

[NormsRevenge]

Soros SoreArse Airlines

[WayneS]

The solution is simply.

The FAA needs to mandate seat belts on the toilets in commercial airliners.

;^)

[Hegemony Cricket]

JetBlue’s new slogan: “When you’ve gotta go, fly JetBlue!”

[svcw]

This story seems so hard to believe - the smell test, doesn’t pass.

[VRWCmember]

This story seems so hard to believe - the smell test, doesn’t pass.

The story didn't say he passed anything -- in which case it definitely would have smelled.

[VRWCmember]

Did his legs fall asleep?

Don't know, but you would think they would at least have upgraded him to the toilet in first class rather than the little dinky one at the back of the plane.

[Moose4]

$2 million is a bit much. But forcing a passenger (even somebody flying non-rev) to sit on an unbelted toilet in a situation where the seat belt sign is on, that’s a big no-no. It sounds like a screwup that he was even booked into a seat on that flight, but once he was, seems to me the flight attendant should’ve stayed in the jump seat (isn’t that what they’re there for?).

}:-)4

[raccoonradio]

Sorry sir, no XM sat. radio & sat. TV in your new seat...

Flew JB last year; this year in two diff. trips am
going Southwest (ding!). When I go to Oakland a friend
from L.A. is going to fly JB to OAK and then prob
take Amtrak back

[Froufrou]

Gives new meaning to getting canned...ping!

[xsmommy]

i am laughing my behind off! xshub just flew JetBlue back from NYC yesterday!

[monday]

“told him that “he was the pilot, that this was his plane, under his command that (Mutlu) should be grateful for being on board,” the lawsuit said. “

Sounds to me like this particular pilot will be lucky if he gets to command a school bus from now on. No more flying for him.

[Anti-Bubba182]

This is the end of the “buddy pass”.

[BigFinn]

If the story is true ... he deserves every penny.
However, I can't imagine any airline would do such a thing. With all the regulations and precautions... very unlikely.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

JetLoo?

[SW6906]

Methinks the pilot and stewardess were more than close friends.....

[mysterio]

$2 million? Toss the case out as frivolous, possibly fine the man for wasting the court’s time.

[FortWorthPatriot]

Can you imagine him having to get out of the toilet each time a passenger needed to go? He'd have to stand outside until they were finished and then have to sit with whatever odor they had left behind afterwards.

Seriously, this is customer service at its worst. The pilot should have let the guy take the jump seat instead whether he was a JetBlue employee or not.

In a more perfect world, the filght attendant should have stayed with the jump seat in order to make the customer happy even if she was uncomfortable.

[MEGoody]

$2 million? Toss the case out as frivolous, possibly fine the man for wasting the court’s time.

I think he should sue the pilot personally - that's who was at fault (if this really happened - I have my doubts).