Continental Airlines made a colossal blunder Sunday, when they put a 10-year-old girl flying by herself to see her grandparents on the wrong plane. Flying out of Boston, she was headed for Cleveland but somehow wound up in Newark.
I understand that mistakes can happen, but seriously, how stupid can people get? The airline claims it was a miscommunication, as the two flights were using the same door. My take is: don't you think someone would have triple-checked that a little girl was absolutely on the correct flight? Maybe this is hitting too close to home for me, as I have a daughter, but where has common sense gone in this day and age? People at airports can pull my crippled, 70-something father-in-law out of line EVERY time he flies to be double-checked by security, but no one can pay enough attention to a 10-year-old to see she gets on the right plane? Thank God she was found unharmed.
I don't know how this would work out legally, but I think the girl's father should be granted a few free swings at airline representatives.
Story here.
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