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NYC man sues JetBlue, says pilot made him sit on toilet seat for most of flight
IHT ^ | May 12 2008 | IHT

Posted on 05/13/2008 2:12:18 PM PDT by indcons

A man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: jetblue; potkettleblue; sitorgetoffthepot; sorebottom; turbulence
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No comments - I'm still laughing.
1 posted on 05/13/2008 2:12:19 PM PDT by indcons
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To: indcons

Could have been worse.

Pilot could have made him sit on his lap.


2 posted on 05/13/2008 2:18:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: indcons

I think that man is full of __it.


3 posted on 05/13/2008 2:18:03 PM PDT by chemicalman (This matter is now concluded and has been turned over to the legal department.)
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To: Admin Moderator

Sorry....I thought I was under the 200-word limit. Will use only brief excerpts from now on (for the sorces that need excerption).


4 posted on 05/13/2008 2:18:50 PM PDT by indcons (Please add the sarcasm tag, where appropriate)
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To: indcons

The airline toilet was fer sure more comfortable than the arab bomb-sight toilets of the mid east world. Ingrate! LOL!


5 posted on 05/13/2008 2:18:54 PM PDT by Don Carlos (No8Do)
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To: indcons

I have sat in the jump seat of an airplane once. A short commuter flight with no stew, btw, and it was full when I walked on board. I looked around and the pilot came out and flipped out the little seat on the door for me to sit on. It was about as big around and hard as a toilet lid. Luckily it was a short flight.


6 posted on 05/13/2008 2:19:00 PM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: indcons

Hmmmm ..........LOTS more too this than we get too read !

I am a friend of a Jet Blue pilot on the NYC to West coast route. I’ll ask her if she is privy (no pun well yes it was intended) to this incident.

LOL !!


7 posted on 05/13/2008 2:19:51 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: windcliff

I love that turbulance is a keyword. LOL!!


8 posted on 05/13/2008 2:21:36 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (I'm a loner Dottie; a rebel.)
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To: Don Carlos

We found the two sawhorses and a toilet seat solution too those damn things bearable !.......:o)


9 posted on 05/13/2008 2:22:47 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: sportutegrl

The closest I’ve come ot a non-passenger seat was sitting in the “jump” seat in the cockpit on a small turboprop from Zurich to Nuremberg. Of course, this was pre-911....can’t imagine doing anything like this today.

It was lots of fun....the pilots allowed me to sit there upon request and described places below as we made the trip. Had to return to my seat prior to landing though :)


10 posted on 05/13/2008 2:22:52 PM PDT by indcons (Please add the sarcasm tag, where appropriate)
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To: sportutegrl
The last flight I was on would not take off on time because nobody would shuffle seats to accommodate a woman and her two small children. So, I looked around and came up with a configuration that would allow the woman to sit with her children but require the crew to find someplace, anyplace to put me.

The entire plane was filled with selfish baffoons too stuck to their iPods and cell phones to remember what civility was all about.

The head stewardess was praising me and offering me anything I wanted. I told her loudly that I deserved nothing, because it was just common courtesy.

11 posted on 05/13/2008 2:26:54 PM PDT by lormand (Let's all be mavericks now)
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To: sportutegrl
>have sat in the jump seat of an airplane once. A short commuter flight with no stew, btw, and it was full when I walked on board. I looked around and the pilot came out and flipped out the little seat on the door for me to sit on. It was about as big around and hard as a toilet lid. Luckily it was a short flight.

Is that anything like sitting on the floor of a M1911 personnel carrier while everyone else has seat, and riding there for about 6 hours while holding a full combat load of ammo and other gear? Because I have to tell you that is extremely painful.

12 posted on 05/13/2008 2:29:54 PM PDT by calex59
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To: BenLurkin
Pilot could have made him sit on his lap.

"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"


13 posted on 05/13/2008 2:30:44 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: indcons

I’m laughing too, but why should Jet Blue or any airline get away with such behavior? If you let him on the plane, he better have a seat!


14 posted on 05/13/2008 2:34:07 PM PDT by Continental Soldier
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To: lormand
Assuming the guy is telling the truth and was "forced" to sit in the restroom for 3 hours without -- egad! -- a seat belt, then let's agree he has a good claim. If I was on the jury, I would take into account his ticket was free and award him just compensation of -- Oh, $200 sounds fair to me.

Now, he wants $2 million, which raises the question -- For $2 million tax free dollars, would you ride in a bathromm from CA to NY? I'll start the bidding thusly--

I would be willing to ride back and forth in the plane's bathroom for one full year without getting off the plane-- then give me the $2 mil.

15 posted on 05/13/2008 2:39:56 PM PDT by San Jacinto
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To: indcons
New slogan for Jet Blue? - "When you gotta go, go Jet Blue!"
16 posted on 05/13/2008 2:44:25 PM PDT by Pablo64 (What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular.)
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To: indcons

Something about this story just doesn’t ring true. The FAA has rules for everything including that requirement that every passenger or crewmember on a commercial flight be in a secured seat on landing and takeoff. If the claim is true JetBlue and the pilot in command can be in for some serious trouble.


17 posted on 05/13/2008 2:49:09 PM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: indcons

Maybe the guy had a potty mouth...


18 posted on 05/13/2008 2:49:25 PM PDT by 444Flyer (: :)
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To: Pablo64
New slogan for Jet Blue? - "When you gotta go, go Jet Blue!"

How about, "When you gotta go se-at"

19 posted on 05/13/2008 2:49:59 PM PDT by gogov
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To: calex59

I wouldn’t know, but as the only female and sitting in the ‘stew’ seat, the guys on the plane kept asking me to get them some coffee, tea, etc. It was a VERY small plane.


20 posted on 05/13/2008 2:55:20 PM PDT by sportutegrl
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