Re:Man creatively sneaks onto Delta flight, but gets caught
by sodality2 on Friday April 12, 2024 @12:50PM
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The ID checking the second time probably would have worked since that was presumably the real person. They don’t normally collect ID at boarding according to the article so they wouldn’t be able to see the previous person’s ID.
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Re:Man creatively sneaks onto Delta flight, but gets caught
by tivert on Friday April 12, 2024 @12:59PM
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Exactly. I don't see how strictly trusting the computer would have lead to a better outcome:
1. Computer says no, leading to the true passenger being rejected. Probably would have resulted in the guy managing to steal her seat and maybe not getting caught.
2. Computer says no, overreact, and reconcile everything until the computer is satisfied (e.g. deplane everyone and start over, maybe checking IDs). I'd guess this attitude would result in hundreds or thousands of delayed flights when everything was fine.