I read a very nice article in Sunday’s Washington Post about a trip a number of
United Airlines flight attendants Noelle Steele, center, and Nadine DuVal greet Dalia Kennedy and son Wyatt, 10 months, aboard a Boeing 777 decorated for the trip to see Santa Claus. (Tracy A Woodward - The Washington Post)
children “took” to the North Pole out of Washington Dulles Airport recently. Many of the children suffer from severe illnesses. They boarded a United Airlines 777 and the flight attendants wore Christmas hats. When they “arrived” at the North Pole, they got off the plane into a terminal that had been decorated as Santa’s workshop. It is really a great story.
A number of airports and airlines work together each year to make these magical flights possible for children. Here are a few others from this year’s flight log: San Antonio; LaGuardia; Westchester County; Cleveland; Phoenix; and Detroit.
The Post account was noted in another aviation blog, FlyerTalk.
These are just more examples of aviation improving the lives of people. I read a lot of history and have often wondered how different things would have been for people through time if they’d had access to air transportation. I think of all the events that were missed through time, especially when I read about someone receiving a letter informing them of the death of a loved one; a month after the fact. We are so fortunate to have the ability to travel anywhere we need to go in a relatively short time, and we shouldn’t take it for granted.
