A 'Toilet Class Ticket' Enforced on a Passenger
By Charlie Brett
11:52, May 13th 2008
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A 'Toilet Class Ticket' Enforced on a Passenger

Everyone knows how comfortable plane toilets are. That’s right, they aren’t. Imagine how good it must feel for a passenger to spend about 3 hours in a toilet. Well, Gokhan Mutlu needs not to imagine it anymore, as he experienced it himself. The flight was so pleasant that Mutlu decided to sue the airline company for about $2 million.

According to Reuters, the lawsuit said that, when Mutlu arrived to embark a jetBlue flight from San Diego to New York in February, he was told that the flight was full. Given the situation, a flight attendant agreed to give up her seat and travel in an airline employee “jump seat” and Mutlu was allowed to board.

Ninety minutes later, things got complicated as the pilot informed the passenger that the flight attendant was uncomfortable and Mutlu had to give up the seat and “hang out” in the bathroom for the rest of the flight. How lucky can one guy get?

Reuters also reported that Mutlu exercised his rights and refused the treatment, but the pilot “became angry at (Mutlu's) reluctance” and said Mutlu “should be grateful for being onboard.” The passenger then volunteered to sit in the “jump seat” but he was told it was reserved for airline personnel.

The lawsuit also said that, at one point, the plane experienced some turbulences and Mutlu was very afraid as he sat in the toilet with no seat belt.

At the end of the flight, Mutlu was told that he could return to his original seat.

The lawsuit was filed Friday in Manhattan's state Supreme Court and said that JetBlue was in violation of federal law, negligently endangering him by not providing him a seat with a safety belt or harness.

 



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