Obviously a Company MAN!!!!
But I'm sure if you got the passengers to vote on it.... I'm sure they would have preferred to land at JFK too....
Obviously the Capt didn't want to dump all that expensive fuel to land back at LAX.... But at least on the Eastern side of the USA would have been a much better option that going across the Atlantic on 3 donks....
Crucify the Captain for that decsion I say!!!!.....