Glad I wasn't on this flight

Picture this.

You're flying on a business trip, and your plane is going to touch down in a half hour. Up front, the cockpit door opens, and the familiar whirs of the engine are audible for a second. The pilot steps out, goes into the washroom. You look back down into your Report On Business magazine.

A few minutes later, you look up momentarily as the pilot steps out of the washroom. Not a minute too soon, you think, wondering why he chose the last minute to go to the washroom. Doesn't he have to land the plane?

The pilot jiggles the handle on the door, and you look up again, puzzled. The pilot jiggles the handle some more. A bit desperate he jiggles it a little violently. Now he's shouting back and forth with the remaining flight crew inside the flight deck, and your plane has to land in twenty five minutes....