I guess there will be an opening for a Flight Attendant position at Trans States. 
How do you lock the door?
There’s a bit more to the story that leads one to believe that the woman is basically a boob, although it’s correct that she should not have been left onboard after the crew had departed.
*"The aircraft landed about 12:30 a.m. at Philadelphia International Airport, but McGuire said the flight crew hadn’t bothered to rouse her. She awoke at 4 a.m., alone on the 50-seat plane with all the doors locked, she said. “Waking up to an empty airplane and not being able to get out was very horrifying,” McGuire told WDIV-TV in Detroit.
McGuire, who works for a Michigan radio station, told the Detroit News that she had walked the aisle for 15 minutes. Though she used her phone to check the time, she said didn’t think of calling for help, she said. Minutes later, the plane’s door opened. She was greeted by a Transportation Security Administration officer and two Philadelphia police officers who questioned her for about 10 minutes."
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You can’t lock the doors on the EMB145 (At least not on Eagle EMB’s).
I do not know if Trans State planes have air stairs or not.
To the average lay person, the door latches on an airliner can be intimidating (not just a door knob). Hence being “locked on the aircraft.” I laugh at the fact that she checked the time on her phone, but didn’t think about using it.
She just had the idea of suing an airline, she could easily do something to get out…
Now it’s money in her pocket. Lazy money-hungry son of a b*ch!
True…but I dont think thats what happened…people faced with “horrifying” situations have the inherent nature of Fight or Flight…(no pun intended) you and I know and have seen this in one or more occasions with the nature of our trade. And maybe I missed it…but was their not a cell phone in this picture?
Oh one tiny point…how interesting that the lawsuit card was so quickly introduced.
More proof that people don’t read to the safety information cards or listen to the safety announcements. Door opening instructions are EVERYWHERE. What’s so confusing about a handle next to a big red arrow with the word “OPEN”?
Well heck
that’s what she gets for mixing Valium with an in-flight Cocktail.
Only way I can think of you would miss that whole noisy bumping and reversing on landing.
That’s the part that gets me. If she was in the lav I could beleive it alot more. Even then, (as an ex Waterski, albeit from way back when) the SOP was to clean the cabin. Of course there is an FA aboard, so she/he walks up and down the aisle, and typically crosses seat belts, checks the overheads, and checks lav. Then the cleaning crew does their thing, which of course doesn’t always happen, but covers the entire cabin.
last I knew TSA did have several w/ airstairs on the UA side. I’m not sure about the aircraft on the US side, but they were some of the original TW aircraft and they did have airstairs.