This Ex-Flight Attendant Is Helping Airlines to Stop Losing Children
- Airlines ‘frequently’ lose unaccompanied children amid disruption, a former flight attendant says.
- Shelly-Ann Cawley quit her job after witnessing vulnerable passengers being left uncared for.
- She says it’s not safe for children to travel alone as they too often become a second priority.
Thousands of travelers have had their flights canceled, delayed and their luggage lost partly because of staff shortages amid this summer’s travel chaos. In some instances, children are suffering the consequences as a result of the pandemonium.
American Airlines lost a 12-year-old child traveling alone at Miami airport last month and shut down the terminal to find her. In the same month, the airline canceled a 10-year-old’s flight but failed to inform her parents.
A former flight attendant, who has more than 20 years of experience in the industry, told Insider it is “very common” for unaccompanied children to go missing or be left