Would you allow your child to fly alone on an airplane?

An airline can lose luggage so I wouldn't trust them with my child. I wouldn't let my child fly alone until he or she is fourteen years old. I think it is totally unreasonable to expect a six year old to fly alone. Your son should fly with you, his dad or his grandparents. Good luck.

I couldn't imagine a child flying alone, especially one as young as that. With that said, no, I wouldn't let either of my children fly on an airplane alone. I wouldn't even let them fly together LOL...at least not without parental supervision anyway. And here they are older. My oldest will be 15 and my youngest will be 12. Of course, my oldest is special needs, but even if he wasn't I wouldn't let him do it. I just couldn't let them travel alone like that. My mom's the same way. When I was a teenager I had the opportunity to fly. My dad wanted my sister and I to fly to Vegas for his wedding. My mom on the other hand put her foot down. She told him he'd have to pick us up and drive us there if he wanted us to be there. And as much as I would have loved to have flown, I'm glad my mom didn't agree to it. Two teenage girls flying alone could have turned out to be disastrous...especially when it came to someone like my sister! Happy mylotting!

I can understand your concernt. I will not let my child to fly alone. Especially your son is just five years old. I can not afford to any accidents which will happen to my child. Even if it is OK for your child to fly aone, but he may feel well in the plane. He doesn't have someone to talk to or ask for help. I can imagine that he will be sad to have his fly alone. I love China

hi floridachick thats just too young at five ,now twelve a kid can handle him or herself but a five he should have someone with him I wou d never allow a little boy of mine fly alone if nobody could go with him then whoever he wanted to see would have to me to us instead.

I really wouldn't feel comfortable letting my six-year-old child on a plane by themselves. If they can easily lose luggage, I'd be worried about my child. If other people are comfortable with doing this, that is their business, but I'm not letting my child at that age go on an airplane by themselves.

If I have kid that age, I wouldn't allow him to fly alone too. I don't feel very comfortable of the thought that a young kid will be going inside the airport and have no idea what to do even if there will be someone who's gonna assist him. What if some weird passenger take the kid with them... Not at all safe!

Hi floridachick, In the late 1970's when I was 15 my mom let me take a 3 day bus trip to California to see some relatives.The relatives had come to Virginia to visit us and wanted me and my sister that was 2 years younger then me to return to California with them.I had pets I needed to buy enough food for while I was gone and take care of a few other issues before I could go.But they were flying back the next day.My sister flew with them.Because I was older and more respondsable my mom trusted me to take a 3 day bus ride there and because my sister would be with me we could go together on the bus for the ride back to Virginia. But,I am 51 now......times have changed,there are even adults missing! About 5 years ago a woman and her 19 year old daughter went to the store a few miles from here( and this is a relatively safe area)and no one has seen them since.her car was found in the store parking lot.Anyway recently also,there has been older children sent on planes by their parents supposed to have an airline chapperone paid extra for and some how this 12 year old child ended up 1,000 miles away from where she was supposed to be!And there are other children on other airlines that have wound up missing! In this day and age there's no way I would even let my 15 year old daughter go on a plane,train or bus by herself.......no way!

Never Never I never ready to allow the child for going alone on airplane or in train or by any way. Even the child is daughter or son no matter. But alone traveling will not allowed. You are good parents not allowed you should go with him.