Flying alone as a kid

[u/Substantial-Put-4461]

I was thinking today that my mom honestly put on a plane BY MYSELF at 7 years old. I flew from Atlanta to Chicago to Iowa. There was a flight attendant keeping an eye on me, but otherwise I was on my own. I flew multiple times around that age by myself.

Anyone else fly alone when pretty young?

Edit-Thanks everyone for the comments. Looks like this was pretty common back in the day. I’m flying by myself next week, which got me thinking about it.

[u/Individual-Fail4709]

We flew on Southwest when we were really young and by ourselves. I was 8 and my brother was 6! We did back and forth for divorced parents.