Yes, that was very annoying to me, but like most you just have to REALLY stretch credability with a show like this sometimes.
One thing I was bothered a LOT by is Reese telling the stewardess to put some alcohol in the kids drink to settle him down and keep out of the way. That was disturbing...
That was indeed a great episode and the writing on this show is just fantastic for the most part. Not too many other shows kill off a main character and go for a real feeling. In fact, the lady that plays Carter said on EW and on Twitter that her character was "always planned to be killed off at...