I've had more than my share of airline travel (ten years of standby
travel while married to someone in the industry will do that). Way more
than my share, and in it, I may have seen it all, or quite a lot of
whatever "all" is when it comes to moving about the world inside a
flying bus. And what I've seen mostly is that things get screwed up.
And often. Maybe not often when compared to the sheer number of flights
etc that take place even within a single airport in a single day, but
when it's you that's affected, it's huge. And even worse when it's your
kid. Flying alone. Where there are, sad to say, fewer protections in place than we realize.
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