The mother speaks
Here’s how my wife tells the story…
Here’s how my wife tells the story…
Two conversations with Continental, one Sunday evening with a supervisor at Logan Airport, one Monday afternoon with a corporate customer relations representative:
Here’s a round-up of what the news media have done with this story… I sent a tip to the Boston Herald and never heard back from them. I sent a tip to the Boston Globe and never heard back from them. I sent a tip to WBUR (90.9 FM) and never heard back from them. Not… Read More »
http://www.gadling.com/2009/06/15/continental-airlines-flies-ten-year-old-girl-on-her-own-to-the-w/
(Link forwarded to me by my father in law.) http://www.woio.com/global/story.asp?s=10534794
Here’s the initial response I got from the FAA:
http://consumerist.com/5290598/continental-puts-10+year+old-child-on-the-wrong-plane
I just sent this to the FAA safety hotline. They claim that submissions to the hotline are reviewed daily and I should hear back within three business days. We’ll see.
I took my ten-year-old daughter to Boston Logan Airport this morning to put her on a Continental flight to Cleveland, where my in-laws live, as an unaccompanied minor. The gate agent took all the paperwork and escorted my daughter down the jetway, and then proceeded to put her on the wrong airplane. There were two… Read More »
Last week, the internal training division of my company sent out the June schedule of one-hour seminars they hold regularly on various topics. One of the seminars, entitled “The Working Parent,” was described as follows: This workshop is for anyone interested in learning ways to assess our current lifestyle, set priorities and choose realistic goats.… Read More »