American Airlines

American Airlines could easily be the big culprit here. What kind of airline doesn't take attendance on an airplane? I remember staffers on pre 9/11 flights taking some form of attendance. How did the gate agent not notice the 12 year old with the same last name as the largest family on board not in attendance. Don't airline gate attendants page unaccounted for passengers? When I check in for a flight they usually ask, "how many people are you traveling with?" and usually before takeoff they use the loud speaker to say things like,"paging passenger Kevin Macalister to the ticket desk please."