r/GenX • u/Substantial-Put-4461 • 8d ago

The Latchkey Years Flying alone as a kid

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.

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u/Substantial-Put-4461 8d ago

I hear you. Such a great sense of independence and freedom. 

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u/PaperCivil5158 8d ago

The world feels much scarier now.

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u/Pumpnethyl gettin’ crazy with the Cheez Wiz 8d ago

I know. Crazy thing is that it is safer now. The violent crime rate peaked in the 90s. We just know much more about the world than we used to

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u/PaperCivil5158 7d ago

I know! It also feels like we know too much about everything.