woollypigs2d ago

I hope the hive mind can help with finding a book for me. Many moons ago, back in the late 80s I think it was. I'm very sure I heard this story on Danish radio. Set in Sweden a child with divorced parents had to travel between them by flying back and forth from northern and southern Sweden. Back then you could "hand over" a child to the airport and flight staff for them to accompany the children to the destination. In the story the staff had help someone urgently and parked the child (main character) at a check in desk. This was where everything went wrong for the parents and staff but the adventure started. As the child took a handful of the tags that the children got to show where they were going. And they would swap these tags around so it say LAX, LHR, JFK etc. as they got put onto different flights around the world.

Am I dreaming or is this really a book?

Thanks!

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Show threadAilbhe1d ago
@woollypigs ooh I wonder if @rrcollier ever heard of this? He flew under airline staff care as a child.
Show threadRob

@Ailbhe @woollypigs oh, now I want to read this book.

The most exciting thing that happened to me was the airport staff getting confused and trying to put us on the wrong airline (to the correct destination, but 3 hours early) - which was only foiled by the happy accident of me having left my tags in the bathroom on the previous plane.

As it was, our baggage (I was with my little sister) reached Stansted 3 hours ahead of us.

Apr 11 at 1:26pmWeb
Show threadwoollypigs1d ago
@rrcollier @Ailbhe we managed to get our bikes on to a flight without paying, because staff were training and the flight was delayed. It was the first time the new staff had to hand out food vouchers and therefore forgot to charge us \o/