Apparently the feds are even stupider than I thought. Various international airlines (Qantas in this case) are reporting that the feds are telling them that not lining up for any restrooms is a new rule.

http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2380916

This really is one step away from chaining pax to their seats during the flight.

For the folks that have been on such flights where the rule was announced, was it strictly enforced by the FAs? (i.e, two people standing near an exit/lav on a widebody stretching their legs are told to return to their seats)