Travel Tattoo

Jet Blue is being sued for $2 million by a New York man who said he was forced to sit in the bathroom for a good portion of his flight from San Diego to New York. I had to get more details when I heard about this madness so here's how it went down...

Gokhan Mutlu was traveling on a Jet Blue buddy pass (a standby travel voucher that airline employees gives to friends), he was originally told that there would not be any available seats on his particular flight but shortly after that he was advised that the flight attendant would sit in the employee jump seat and he would be given the last available seat.

Everything seemed to be going as planned until the flight attendant decided 90 minutes into the flight that the jump seat was just waaay to uncomfortable for her liking so she complained to the pilot who then forced the man to sit in the bathroom. According to an Associated Press article the pilot told the man "He should be grateful for being on board" before suggesting that he go "hang out in the bathroom".

Mutlu surrendered and headed to the toilet, as the pilot headed back to cockpit and instructed the passengers to return back to their seats just before the aircraft hit turbulence . Needless to say, Mutla had no seat to return to...