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Passenger forced to sit on plane toilet

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Passenger forced to sit on plane toilet
May 13, 2008 - 8:51AM

A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corporation for more than $US2 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.

Gokhan Mutlu, of Manhattan's Inwood section, says in court papers the pilot told him to "go 'hang out' in the bathroom" about 90 minutes into the San Diego to New York flight because the flight attendant complained that the "jump seat" she was assigned was uncomfortable, the lawsuit said.

Mutlu was traveling on a a "buddy pass" - a standby travel voucher that JetBlue employees give to friends - from New York to San Diego on February 16, and returned to New York on February 23, the lawsuit said.

Initially, Mutlu was told a flight attendant had taken the last seat on the plane, but then he was advised she would sit in the employee "jump seat", meaning he could have the last seat, the lawsuit said.

The pilot told him one hour into the five-hour flight that he would have to relinquish the seat to the flight attendant, court papers say. But the pilot said that Mutlu could not sit in the jump seat because only JetBlue employees were permitted to sit there, the lawsuit said.

When Mutlu expressed reluctance to go sit in the bathroom, the pilot, who was not named in the lawsuit, 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.

When the aircraft hit turbulence and passengers were directed to return to their seats, "the plaintiff had no seat to return to, sitting on a toilet stool with no seat belts", court papers say. Some time later, a male flight attendant knocked on the restroom door and told Mutlu he could return to his original seat, court papers say.

Mutlu's lawsuit, filed Friday in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, says JetBlue negligently endangered him by not providing him with a seat with a safety belt or harness, in violation of federal law. A JetBlue spokesman declined comment on the lawsuit on Monday.

I thought the CC need to sit in special backward facing seats with an over-shoulder harness and buckle, next to the intercom phone? http://www.pprune.org/forums/images/...s/confused.gif

would have been a off duty flight attendant by the sounds of it.

Surely he couldn't be awarded more than $2million in damages, for sitting in the dunny for three hours!!!!

He got to his destination didn't he. Amazing what passengers want these days:)

Strange story.

Damn right he could be. This is the USA we're talking about!

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Originally Posted by Adam J (Post 4770)

for sitting in the dunny for three hours!!!!

Sounds like he needs to sue the caterers, not the airline...

With a name like MUTLU the story can`t be true or should i say LU

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Originally Posted by phil.l (Post 4791)

With a name like MUTLU the story can`t be true or should i say LU

what on earth does a name have to do with it? or do you think that he should be a Mike or a Phil for it to be true?

could be a trick....His name is an anagram of "a mogul thunk" and we all know what a mogul thunk is, don't we !:)

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Originally Posted by Kim F (Post 4803)

could be a trick....His name is an anagram of "a mogul thunk" and we all know what a mogul thunk is, don't we !:)

can't you remember Halil Mutlu at the Sydney Olympics . He won the 2 gold medals and is the Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting.

Banjo

I truy hope this is true and he sues the living daylights out of Jetblue.

What a disgrace.

Beware, thats what happens when you make an *** (****) of yourself on an aircraft over here these days. The choices are..plastic handcuffs, pepper spray, or go sit in the toilet....its the airline version of standing in the corner when you were a kid.;)

MS

Hang on - this guy was travelling for free - and they gave him the last seat on the aircraft - a spare cabin crew jump seat.

They did the wrong thing apparantly by giving him the jumpseat, but did so for the right reasons - they were trying to get him on to the aeroplane.

I bet his "buddy" the employee that gave him the pass is real pleased, as this guy will have undoubtedly made a total ***** of himself and complained long and loud at the airport, and in all probability caused the "buddy" to lose their staff travel privileges.

If he was on a fare paying ticket then he has a legit complaint, but as he was on a "freebie" and you can be sure that they didnt make him sit in the dunny for landing, then he should suck it up and next time say thanks but no thanks when offered a cabin crew jump seat.