[RogerWilko]

So this lady decides to take a nap on short flight. Nobody wakes her up and she finds she's "trapped" on the plane! She has a cell phone and thinks to check the time, but doesn't think... "Hmmm... I have a cell phone and I'm locked in this plane! I think I'll see what time it is, but I won't think to call anyone to tell them I'm stuck here!"

Ohhh... I know what time it is! It's time to try and make some MO-NAY!!

It's not MY fault I fell asleep, and it's not MY responsibility to wake up! And it's not MY fault that I'm not smart enough to use my cell phone to call for help, but I DID check the time!

United better fight this moron!

[Ancient Drive]

sigh.... everything went downhill after that hot coffee spill lawsuit. We are a nation of victims.

[Gorzaloon]

Heh. Should have started the engines. That would have gotten attention.

[glorgau]

She doesn’t _look_ blonde.

[Vermont Lt]

What kind of drugs is she on that she cannot wake up. My guess is that several attempts to wake her up resulting in an Ambien tirade. And from that point, someone just forgot to tell someone when they got off the plane.

I am not sure what there is to sue about.

Give her a free first class ticket and send her on her way.

[84rules]

Though she used her phone to check the time, she said didn't think of calling for help, she said.

Oh, yeah. This one's a real Einstein.

[gathersnomoss]

Obama voter.

[evad]

When I first heard this two days ago,I smelled a gigantic RAT. I didn’t believe it then and now that I see this article, I believe it even less.

[Paladin2]

The doors are designed to be opened from the inside. Did she have a cell phone? Use the radios in the cockpit?

[Lazamataz]

I’d hit it.

[RonF]

I have to disagree here. People fall asleep on planes all the time. I think it’s quite reasonable to expect the crew to wake people up and get them off the airplane at the end of the flight. I can also see waking up in such circumstances and being disoriented for a while.

Now, I don’t think that this should be a lottery ticket-scale payoff for her. One or two free round trips anywhere they fly would be reasonable, I’d say. Let’s not get greedy, and I’ll fault her for that. But I think it’s reasonable to hold that the airline failed in their duty.

[Azzurri]

This dingbat looks like she's still sleeping.

[rawhide]

I’m having a little trouble believing this woman’s story for some reason?

[bcsco]

McGuire's attorney, Geoffrey Fieger...

This and not 'realizing' she could use her cell phone for something other than giving her the time is all I need to know. Two money grubbers...

[Hacklehead]

This was probably the first time the stupid slut woke up alone and found it horrifying. We’ve become a nation of incompetent jackasses.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Sounds like a personal problem to me!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

“McGuire’s attorney, Geoffrey Fieger..” Surprised he’s willing to litigate such a dopey case.

Familiar name, Dr. Kevorkian’s atty.

Could be a cause of action there against Sony or GE or Sunbeam, whomever made her home alarm clock, if she ever oversleeps at home.

I don’t believe the “terms and conditions” of her ticket contain verbiage suggesting the airline is responsible for waking her up after the flight.

[fml]

On the local news yesterday afternoon the report was the planes cleaning crew found and woke her.

[Bob]

Somehow, this incident reminds me of the video of two people who get stuck between floors on an escalator. While they didn't use their cell phones, they do call out for help. :=)

[bcsco]

In that photo, she looks like every man’s nightmare. It’s in her eyes... As for Fieger, he’s saying “Play it fall all it’s worth, babe...”.

[EDINVA]

Monday night and we’re reading about a suit that’s been filed on Friday? Atttention whore.