Originally Posted by
barbell
The first paragraph is mostly correct, as my brother and I used to fly around the country visiting relatives on summer vacation. I can't even imagine being that age in today's environment.
As to the airline's/the employee's responsibility, I have seen a few times where a gate agent escorts the UM and the charge dropping them off through the NoS-free employee lines where there is far less scrutiny than for other travelers. There may be a quiet move on the part of gate agents where they are proactively doing so to avoid the whole question. I've actually seen them pull people out of line to do so.
I am glad you had good experienced. Some of my kids were not that lucky.
I cant even imgaine being a kid now or even have minor kids. I would never in todays world, have a minor travelling on their own. To risky.
So I am think about all the kids that are court orded to travel to see their parent. Poor kids if this is what is happening to them.
One thing for sure is that the therapists are going to have a lot of work becuase of the trauma it can and most likely will cause.