United Airlines: "passengers are advised to wear bright colors "

[dixiegrrrrl]

and avoid taking sleeping pills less than four hours before landing. "

This is apparently United Airlines way of solving the problem that arose when a sleeping passenger was locked inside an airplane.
Not United's problem, as you can see; the solution is being placed on the passengers.

http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/united-flight-attendants-get-more-creative-in-ignoring-passengers/19023

[DrDan]

1. surely duct tape will help also . . .

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. There is nothing duct tape can't fix!

http://www.ducttapeguys.com/

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. Just issue each passenger one of these and at the press of a button

You're Awake!!!! Please remove your collars and put your seat in an upright position

[charlesg]

2. The real solution: Hat with flashing red lights

[FarCenter]

7. Or flashing lights on deely bobbers

United could sell to passengers for a small additional fee.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. That was the advice Hunter S. Thompson gave to Nixon, too. nt

[Romulox]

6. How about laying off the sauce? Can't wait to see the Plaintiff's bartab in the snoozer case!

It's called "discovery".

[superduperfarleft]

8. The woman who got locked on the plane is an idiot.

Sure, the flight attendants fucked up by not noticing her, but anyone who gets themselves so wasted that they are dead to the world after a ONE HOUR FLIGHT is clearly too irresponsible to handle whatever substances she chooses to make the flight easier.

I hope she gets laughed out of court, and learns to hold her booze in the future.

[NeedleCast]

13. I can't believe we've located a topic we agree on

But, I agree.

[superduperfarleft]

16. Disdain for stupid, irresponsible people reaches across all ideological divides, I guess. n/t

[stray cat]

9. Why can't an able bodied passenger be required to get on and off a plane

without having a babysitter to supervise their entry and exit? I thought it was only children who required a special escort.

[MindPilot]

10. If I found myself alone on an airliner -- I'd go straight for the cockpit

and hope nobody noticed.

[pipi_k]

12. Give that thing a test drive down the runway, baby....

Whoooo-hah!!!!

:party:

[pipi_k]

11. And then there was this guy....

who didn't wear anything at all and got free plane rides all over the world...

[NeedleCast]

14. Of course a law suit is the answer for her failure of responsibility

Wanna know part of the reason plane tickets cost so much? This.

I'm certainly no supporter of the major commercial airlines. I think they've done everything imaginable to make flying as undesirable as possible because they've come to the realization that they have a monopoly on high speed transportation. The crew may share some responsibility for this but at the same time, situational awareness comes into play.

[UTUSN]

15. So they don't notice a big pile of something in a seat when they "secure" it?!1 n/t

[marshall]

17. After all the passengers seem to have deplaned, blast an air horn!

That should rouse anyone who mixed sleeping pills with onboard booze.