Originally Posted by
nautilus
If it was up me I would have let the woman off the airplane as per what occurred but left her luggage on board. Her luggage could have been returned to her at a later date.
The delay in searching for her luggage afterwards clearly caused further disruption to countless passengers / staff. Or am I being too harsh?
I believe that it is a security measure that if the passenger is removed from the flight, so are their luggage.
I don't know what airport PHI is supposed to be (PHL?), but if this was an international flight, there would have been a positive baggage match requirement for flight.
My understanding is that domestic flights are no longer subjected to that requirement, but without knowing the details its hard to say.