Originally Posted by
hfly
I am not sure what the problem is? Would you have rather this solution was not done, you were all deplaned, and possibly not flown until later or the next day? That they deplaned everyone while they replaced the entire unit? The airline did the right thing and you got to your destination? We are talking about an internal overhead compartment door, not a part of the electrical system, or whatever.
The problem is that they had to drive a mechanic in from 45 minutes away to use a roll of duct tape when that action could have been done in less than 5 minutes by any given idiot at Love Field.