Unaccompanied Minors are a very important part of a flight attendant’s day.  I always took extra time with them; kids go through so many rough emotions when they are alone.  This is not something you learn everything about in Flight Attendant School.

had one “UM” said to be 12, but presented himself more like a 16 or 17 year old, come onto my plane.  He was a pain in my neck; a very rude child.  Before landing, I instructed him like all of my UMs to stay on the plane till last so that I could make sure he made it to the right person.  The boy agreed.

As passengers were deplaning, I thought I saw the boy getting off out of the corner of my eye.  I glanced back to his seat and he was gone!  I stopped the flow of passengers and called to the boy.  At this point it was going to be impossible to get him back on the plane, so I instructed him to stay at the base of the stairs to the plane.

My Captain had asked me a question; I answered him quickly, but not quick enough.  By the time I looked back to check on the boy he was GONE!  I was never so scared in my entire Flight Attendant Career.  The boy’s parents were called, but were never reached.  No one to this day knows what actually happened.  And thank God, I didn’t get fired.

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