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United pilot attacks passenger for taking too long in the bathroom, lawsuit alleges
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2025
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I just read that and here you've posted it. What a fucking nutty situation. Broke the lock? Pulled dude out with his dick out? WTF? And then comments about "teh jewz"? Half a dozen homeland officers to roust them?
Sometimes people piss me off at work too but I do my best to not be racist and abuse them, ya know?
30 minutes is a hell of a long time to be in the bathroom.
I feel like there is a lot of missing context here. Among other things, most of those doors open easily from the outside if you know how. The pilot definitely didn’t break the lock. I wonder if there are other elements of the story that are not true. In particular, I wonder if there was perhaps some amount of conversation that came between “hello sir please I need you to exit the bathroom” “I cannot for I am experiencing a gastrointestinal issue” and the opening of the door. If I had to bet, I would say that’s the first place that there are significant redactions in the supposed story.
If I might speculate, My guess is they needed to land the plane and they cannot do that with him in there.
If say, he went in just as they were making final approach, 30min with him in there is definitely enough they would have to cancel the approach and delay. I can't say as to if a warning was given or what the circumstances were that led to him getting ya ked out, but something like that definitely can cause issues for pilots needing to get the plane down
You don't have to speculate though. You could look for more information, as another user did, or just agree that it seems over the top and possibly exaggerated. Instead you're making up scenarios for why an egregious act must have been warranted. And surprise surprise, the actual facts bear no resemblance to what you imagined.