Reply To: PHOTO: Orthodox Jewish Man Covers Himself In Plastic Bag On Plane

An example is the principle of bending rules when not doing so puts Torah to ridicule.

You’re assuming that there exists a legitimate loophole for Kohanim to fly over a cemetary. As a hedyot, you shouldn’t be doing that.

Kohanim (even those without a shtar yichus) are proscribed from entering or passing over a cemetary even if they are previously tamei.