United pilot attacked passenger for taking too long in the bathroom, lawsuit alleges
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Yisroel Liebb of New Jersey claims pilot broke lock and pulled him out with his pants down, leaving him exposed

Summary

Orthodox Jewish passenger Yisroel Liebb filed a federal lawsuit claiming a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom during a January 2024 flight from Tulum to Houston, exposing his genitalia to passengers.

Liebb said he was experiencing constipation and had been in the bathroom for about 30 minutes when the pilot broke the lock and dragged him out.

After landing, Customs and Border Protection officers detained Liebb and another passenger, allegedly making derogatory remarks about their religion.

United Airlines and CBP declined to comment.

  • SpermHowitzer@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    3 days ago

    We just swap who flies each leg, I’ll do one, the other pilot will do the next, and so on. Seniority really doesn’t play into it at all. Usually we don’t leave the flight deck to deal with emergencies, we rely on the cabin crew for that.

    • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
      2·
      3 days ago

      Oh, TIL. Somehow I thought it was usually the more senior person was monitoring and less senior person was flying, but I guess that is not the case.