"Oh look, some blip on the radar headline that's happened dozens of times around the industry that has nothing to do with pilots. I better go on the ol' message board and post a link because surely this isn't the era of smart phones and social media where this kind of thing is force fed to every device, especially those who's chat and browsing history indicate it would be relevant to them. I'm sure it hasn't been meme'd to death in their own private chat groups, I oughta open up a whole new thread to make sure them boys know what's going on, and I'll look particularly industry-savvy by being the first person to mention it."

-AirBear ( probably)

The irony here is that the kid will almost certainly be sent home unaccompanied. Grandma can't spare a few hours to ensure the kid gets home safely.

I know this story can happen at any airline but the NK agents as a whole really do a lot of really dumb things that are a direct result of Miramar's love for cheap contract workers.

This is the root cause of the problem. Mom/Dad/whoever booked ticket, walked to the gate, that says Orlando, FL...

Boarding pass scanned, kid is validated on the manifest, good to board. Im not an NK guy, but I mean, most of the blame is not on yall.

This is still alive? Can't we discuss something relavent like how our practice Type Ride Oral stars the guy from Young Frankenstein and that teenage Avenger?

Too soon. Happened a couple of days ago. It'll die down by the time there's another Spirit passenger boarding area/on plane fight or schedule meltdown.

Is there a onboard video of the kid breaking down in tears as he finds out he's not going to Grandma's? Did Spirit loose the kid at MCO and have to get Mickey to help find him? This make a nice, happy ending story, even if its grandma having to haul butt up I-75 to make it so. A nice "Home Alone" type story at the right time of year. No ones hurt, kid get's a lolly pop and mom and dad probably get a couple freebies as a "Sorry we screwed up" peace offering.

Thats the thing about this story that makes no sense. Per Spirits U/M policies, a guardian or someone over the age of 15 must accompany the U/M to the gate. Then NK FA's handle the kid from gate to gate. Where a gaurdian must pick the the U/M up from the gate. Am I missing something? I'm not even sure how people get on the wrong airplane. But the parent or gaurdian had to have brought them to the wrong gate. Right?

Why isn't anyone addressing that the parents worked for an airline without adequate reserve grid language and had to abandon the child with grandma? At least the wrong flight was staffed over the holiday. By two two X list pilots.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHILDREN!

Letting a 6 year old go anywhere with strangers is child abuse.