At what age is it appropriate to let a child fly
alone on an airplane? This is the newest debate after Annie and Perry
Klebahn’s 10-year-old daughter, Phoebe, missed her United Airlines plane
connection because the third-party unaccompanied minor service
representative had “simply forgotten to show up.”
Phoebe’s parents “only knew their daughter did not make it when her summer camp in Michigan called to say she hadn’t arrived.”
Once she was discovered “missing,” it took an additional hour to find her!
“Apparently when the flight landed, she asked the
flight attendants for help, but they told her they were busy and she
needed to wait. She also asked thrice for access to a phone to call her
parents, but was allegedly also told to wait.”
This is not the first time an airline has failed to
provide sufficient care of an unaccompanied minor, and it probably
won’t be the last. Her parents could have purchased a direct flight, or
provided her with a cell phone for this trip; regardless, the main point
is that this unaccompanied minor was, well, unaccompanied!
At what age would you allow your child to fly on a plane unaccompanied?
EVERYDAY FAMILY
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