Author: Eliza

While some workers return to the office this year, many others continue to work remotely indefinitely. This seismic shift has changed where people live and work and, increasing, how they travel.

In the first quarter of 2022, nearly 25% of job postings at the 50,000 largest companies in the US and Canada were for permanently remote positions, according to the job listing service Ladders. That’s up from a mere 4% before the pandemic.

“It has enabled us to extend trips, leave early and work different hours,” says Kirsten Reckman, a credit risk manager based in Tampa, Florida, who works remotely. “My boss is very accommodating as long as the work gets done.”

Reckmen’s experience reflects a larger trend. One in five travelers this summer plan to do work on the road, according to a report from Deloitte, an international professional services network. Of these so-called “laptop luggers,” 4 in 5

• 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