I don't understand why she was not arrested after she was removed from the plane.

I think what's going to be discovered is that this woman came in on another flight, had some kind of mental breakdown, somehow used her boarding pass from a previous flight to get on this one, and her carryon (still on the plane) contains her wallet and ID. Or some set of circumstances like this.

45 min to get her off the plane? After refusing all crew requests, whatever happened to the old days when the Police would get a straight back wheel chair, clear two rows ahead and behind the pax refusing to get off, then show that person the “Taser” on your belt and say you can walk off or be wheeled off, your choice and you have 5 seconds to decide.......just kidding, makes you wonder though.

Security theater. Needs to be removed entirely, it’s a waste of time and resources that could better be spent elsewhere.

https://youtu.be/QKEdKdgi2hg

Wonder what “group” she was in?

The passengers should be able to sue this woman for wasting their time and possible missed connections, meetings, etc. Also, I get a rectal exam everytime I go through the airport, so how did she get into the Secure Area and through TSA as well, not to mention on the plane! Our govt at (not) work.

Have we been watching Airport again lol. Her name wouldnt have been a Ms. Ada Quonsett is it lol.

I don't think the woman is a "con artist",nor trying to get a flight for free..i think she has some definite mental issues and thought she was "all set" to go..its surprising she was not caught by the tsa scrreners at first contact..however, she did managed to get through security screening and onto the plane without a boarding pass issued,using her phone..the first thing tsa asks you for is your photo id issued by the government,not a phone picture,and the second thing is your boarding pass..you cant just "wave" a cell phone..now i understand the new systems allow you you to run your phones boarding pass bar code over the gate reader to board,but thats not the case with tsa (or is not supposed to be)and this woman could not have forged a seat number on her phone...wow..lax security and even worse,lax procedures by the gate agents..delta should refund all of those passengers their ticket fees..

"Oops, our bad".....TSA. I will say what they will not.

This episode make some. "sense", I get on a Delta plane in Atlanta, passing through the security protocols... arrive in MCO and decide that I can't deal with my in-laws and have to go back to Atlanta pronto. Fortunately, thank goodness, theirs a flight back to Atlanta in this concourse. But as luck has it, I curtly pass those that are scanning their boarding passes and sit in a seat that has been assigned. Oh darn...picked the wrong seat...

Should have just strapped her in the seat and dropped her off after the neg or two....Say Billings Montana

I have always had to present ID at the security screening.
And again at the gate.
Total breakdown of the system.
All who worked that process need to be suspended and then of they desire to keep their jobs , required to go through training. Also demotion to the lowest pay level.

It has now been reported that the woman is not facing any charges in this whole fiasco. If she tried to use a boarding pass on her phone, and just waved it as some are presuming to do, then why did she did state that she threw the boarding pass out. She should have been charged for breaking into a secure area, but as to why she wasn't, no one seems to know.

This all screening is one big bullshit. Inefficient and obtrusive (dare I say abusive?) to innocent passengers. It only takes one such woman to take down a plane full of people...

Makes one wonder what exactly the 'beep' does on the scan machines TSA has.

I feel for the affected pax, but the reality is DL won't proactively reach out to them. All they'll get (if they log a complaint on the website) is an insincere apology and 20,000 lousy miles, which is about as worthless as a one-armed wallpaper hangar.

My wife and I were also seated on a Delta flight ready to depart from Atlanta to Tampa. A rather rude and angry American woman turned up and accused us of having taken up her seat. After we managed to locate a flight attendant, she requested to see her boarding pass who pointed out to her that it was for another flight. The American woman then disappeared without even apologizing.

I bet she just waved her phone at each security station. Instead of having her stand aside until she was able to show an easily faked PhotoShop the highly trained agents of the TSA let her pass. I wonder if they asked her if she wanted fries with her order as they have been trained at their last job. Same issue at the gate.