The origin of "The Lost Boarding Pass Problem"

Question

There are several post here concerning "The Lost Boarding Pass Problem":

The Lost Boarding Pass Advanced

Advanced airplane problem

Taking Seats on a Plane

Generalize airplane problem

But what is the origin of this problem?

It is definitely older than Winkler's "Mathematical puzzles: a connoisseur's collection". In Russia it was known many years before as "the crazy old lady problem" or "the drunk Tyson problem".

The article The lost boarding pass, and other practical problems gives some references but they are far from the origin as well.

Answer 1

It appeared as Problem 735 in the September 2002 issue of The College Mathematics Journal. The solution in the September 2003 issue referenced the December 2001 issue of FAMOS.