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Flying Alone

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  • 24-04-2018 2:11pm
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    SapphireXoxo
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    Would a 17 year old need parental consent to fly alone?


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    L1011
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    12 is the general age at which an airline will let you fly alone. At 17 it is never an issue.


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    Tenger
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    I think under 16 is the upper limit for parental consent.
    I recall 10 years ago EI required guardian signatures at checkin for kids under this age.


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    Tom44
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    What if its a single seater ? :)


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    andy_g
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    16 is the age for most airlines, the new problem is immigration in some countries would require a letter of consent until your 18.

    I know INIS in dublin require this.


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    Kev11491
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    Flew with Ryanair on my own to the UK when I was 17, no issues.


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    flazio
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    L1011 wrote: »
    12 is the general age at which an airline will let you fly alone. At 17 it is never an issue.

    It took me a moment to realise you were all talking about taking a flight rather than controlling an aircraft so imagine my reaction to this statement.


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    L1011
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    There are teenage FOs around but even then there's always two pilots!


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    JCX BXC
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    andy_g wrote: »
    16 is the age for most airlines, the new problem is immigration in some countries would require a letter of consent until your 18.

    I know INIS in dublin require this.

    Good few years ago now I remember being a 17 year old, completely not used to flying, going through Dublin airport by myself and I got a Stern talking to by a member of passport control in T1 (would have been Gardaí wouldn't it) for not having a letter of consent to travel.


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    andy_g
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    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Good few years ago now I remember being a 17 year old, completely not used to flying, going through Dublin airport by myself and I got a Stern talking to by a member of passport control in T1 (would have been Gardaí wouldn't it) for not having a letter of consent to travel.

    Yeah at the time it would of been Gards now its INIS. And their worse for the letters.


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