Some headlines are too good to pass up and when I spied an article about a man who was suing JetBlue for $2 million because he was told to remain in the toilet (or biffy in airline parlance) until otherwise directed, I knew there had to be more to the story. (Now we know how potty-training kids must feel.) If you pencil it out, his biffy-sitting rate is $1.3 million an hour. Not bad for a day's work.

Ironically, the suer was traveling on a buddy pass, which is a perk where employees are given free or discounted tickets to share with friends or family. Considering it was New York to San Diego flight, I would have embraced the privacy and grabbed a good book. And while there's a lot of fingerpointing going on, I shall leave you with what's been reported on so far in this game of high-altitude musical chairs.

 USA Today: Man Said JetBlue Made Him Sit on Toilet

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In the travel biz, we are often inundated with travel alerts or advisories, warning about something somewhere that will impact travelers. The good news is we tend to screen these cautionary missives, so as not to spam our travelers about events with which they'd have no connection.

That said, my friend and in-house Travel Alert Scholar, Renae, sent me an advisory too good not to share, one that will not be read, pondered and chuckled over, but rather destined for the recycle bin where it will linger undistributed and unappreciated. Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands; and this time I could not let it happen. Here is said advisory:

Cork flights grounded for second night
Cork airport tonight faced the second delay in 24 hours as a dispute with air traffic controllers escalated. The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said six flights at the airport will be grounded between tonight and 8am tomorrow because a worker called in sick and his colleagues refused to cover his shift.

In Renae’s Op-Ed to me she asks, “One worker. Do you think this is a protest of lack of staffing or a coworker scuffle? Is this the guy who has called in sick one too many times and his co-workers are fed up? This is the funniest thing I've seen in a long, long time.” 

I concur Renae, I concur.

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Apparently not all airline travelers don muumuus and sweatpants to fly. Yep some push the sartorial envelope and dare to travel in mini-skirts and tight sweaters. Eeeeeck!

Yep, the Today Show interviewed one Kyla Ebbert who was removed from a flight because of her provocative attire. We have a feeling Ms. Ebbert will no doubt quickly exhaust and exceed her allotted 15 minutes of fame.

Today Show: Thrown off plane for outfit deemed too skimpy

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