This is a highly valid point and my initial concern in trying to avoid anything other than a direct flight

i’ll have a think on it and do some more searching!

i think if a plane change is essential for any reason it would make most sense for it to be an overnight in a hotel stopover- we don’t really know how well this kid is going to fly I suppose and while my instinct is that he copes pretty well with just about everything, it is conceivable he might turn out to have raging plane sickness or something