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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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