LAST EDITED ON 02-04-10 AT 04:36 PM (EST)Possibly, but then why not just say she was seated elsewhere or in the bathroom or whatever? Why specifically have Boone tell Locke that she didn't leave the crummy boyfriend? Her storyline changed.
We didn't see the tailies, either. Ana Lucia, Libby, other tailies I can't remember. . .
Doesn't necessarily mean they weren't on there, but we just weren't shown. (I think Claire was on the plane, can't imagine why she'd be in an airport cab otherwise.)
Too, we didn't see the tailies until season 2 so there's time for the other plane people to show up.