NEW YORK -- A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California.

Gokhan Mutlu says in court papers the pilot told him to go sit in the toilet because a flight attendent sitting on the jump seat was uncomfortable.

Mutlu was traveling on a a "buddy pass," a standby travel voucher that JetBlue employees give to friends, from New York to San Diego in February.

His lawsuit says the pilot told him about 1.5 hours into the five-hour flight that he would have to relinquish the seat to the flight attendant but would not allow him to sit on the jump seat, instead making him go to the toilet.

His lawsuit was filed Friday. A JetBlue spokesman declined comment on the lawsuit, saying it does not comment on pending legal actions.