Ladies And Gentlemen This Is Your Pilot Speaking

. . . It seems we forgot one passenger.

Imagine that. An airline forgetting a passenger.

Oh sure . . . it happens all the time . . . planes leave without all the passengers.

. . . It happens

But this case is a little different . . .

. . . Yes the airline forgot the passenger

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. . . Inside the plane.

That's right folks and airline forgot the passenger inside the plane.

A United Express flight crew forgot a sleeping Ginger McGuire inside the plane when it arrived in Philadelphia from Washington D.C.

Apparently Ms. McGuire fell asleep during the flight and no one thought to wake her up when the plane landed.

She was able to get out hours later when the cleaning crew came in.

Erm ok. I'm sure there are a number of you who will say its her fault because she fell asleep.

You may even ask how she did not feel the people moving about when they disembarked.

And I'm sure you're all wondering how come she did not call 911 when she found out she couldn't get out.

(To be honest I wonder about those things too. I mean I fall asleep as well when I'm on a plane because I hate flying so it's sort of a defense mechanism for me but at least I wake up when the plane lands because the people are moving about. As for calling 911 we're not sure if she had a cell phone so we can't really say.)

But that's all beyond the point.

It doesn't matter if she fell asleep or if she should have woken up.

The fact is it is the cabin crew's job to check and make sure nothing is left behind when it's their turn to disembark.

That's standard operating procedure.

So does that mean all the flight attendants had bad eyes to miss a person sleeping in the plane?

How can they miss her?

I mean it's a person for crying out loud.

They have a duty to check and they did not.

That's dereliction of duty.

That's negligence.

They should be held accountable.

The airline - in this case United - should be held accountable.

Because that's just too much. The airlines are already screwing us, the paying passengers, with too many fees, delayed flights, long waiting times and lost luggage - now they're losing passengers?

. . . it's only right.

Fly the friendly skies they say! That was one of United's slogans.

Oh wait I forgot . . .

. . . They were already on the ground.