Frankly, I don’t see the big deal here. People die. Everybody dies. One day, you, too, will be a cadaver. When that happens, you are not an unclean thing. You are just a dead body. I would not have complained at all had it been me in the neighboring seat. Things happen, and the least we can do is treat the departed, and by extension her relations, with decency and respect, not revulsion.
Plus I can lower her seat tray and spread out my knitting.
I meant the peanuts - they’ve stopped serving them due to nut allergies, in an attempt to prevent more corpses from appearing on planes. 
They give you these crunchy things now that are definitely not nuts.
I totally agree with Cervais , it would be a ‘no biggie’ for me. People die, everywhere, even on planes. I’d be a little :eek: , for sure. But I’d get over it real quick.
I would expect the airline to be a little extra nice to me, maybe a free upgrade next trip or a set of those neato wings, but beyond that not really necessary in my mind.
Now, if I find out my dead mother went from ‘passenger’ to ‘baggage’ with her last breath, I’m going to be mightily pissed.
Why wouldn’t they move her into the crew jumpseats? Strap her in really well so she won’t, y’know, tip. Give her a pillow and tuck her under a blanket and who’s the wiser?
I always thought that airlines had a protocol like hospitals. They don’t really pull the sheet up for the journey through the hospital to the morgue. They pull it down and position the cadaver as though sleeping. So as not to freak out people in elevators and hallways. You’ve probably ridden on a elevator or passed one in the hall and not even known.
Another “I agree” post. It’s not like the body is going to start decomposing or do anything scary and dead’s not catching. It’s just going to lie there, peaceably, while I read my book. The only difference between the corpse and another passenger is that the corpse isn’t breathing, bumping me or asking what I’m reading.
I wouldn’t even be really upset if the airline didn’t offer me compensation.
What about the baggage handlers?..won’t somebody please think of the baggage handlers.
I mean they had to haul her off, stiff (no pun intended)
*Thinks, Wonder if they dumped her on the carousel?
#1 person “'scuse me that’s my corpse”
#2 person “terribly sorry old gal…ah here’s mine now, always last off”
It would be rather sad to see her circling around the luggage conveyor belt unclaimed…
you people are very sick, twisted puppies. i just want to make that very clear.
more! more!
So if she died on vacation you’d insist she ride in the passenger compartment instead of the luggage hold?
Funny, I’ve been in hospitals that moved bodies covered in sheets around, it must depend on the hospital.
Not to mention illegal: you’re not allowed to take concealed liquids on planes these days.
“It was so embarrassing! I thought I’d turned it off, but about halfway into the flight my corpse started wringing.”
“We’ve searched her three times…where the hell did she hide that damn phone?”
“Alimentary, my dear flight attendant. Alimentary…” :eek:
Was it a quick weekend get-away . . . at Bernie’s place?
Decomposing bodies are just another piece of carrion luggage. 
Pa-dum-bum!
:smack:
I groaned, but damn that’s good.
Best . . . pun . . . ever!
:: humble bow to the master
People piss and shit themselves when they die. I can’t believe you seriously would be willing to sit near a corpse. Like I said, I’d be somewhere else. I’m glad to hear you could sit by a corpse. I believe you are in a minority with that. The airlines don’t have instructions on shat to doo in the case of a death, and they need to have one. Next time the crew may decide to lock the body in the bathroom, ane the next time strap it to the wall with bungee cords. I think it was nice for the family to be put somewhere more privite. I wouldn’t stay though
Ah, the rarely seen double Freudian typo…
I’d rather sit near a corpse than a drunk. You still get the piss and shit, PLUS puke. PLUS PLUS, they’re mobile. So the likelyhood of it getting on you is greater.
Count me as one of the folks who don’t see it as a life altering situation.
That is a good one isn’t it?
They don’t allow drunks on planes.
Corpses yes, pissheads no :eek:
Life altering situation? :dubious: was that intended ?