Albert

My scheduled trips this month have been turns to Belize. Out at 1pm, home at 8pm, the trips are super easy. The ground staff in Belize are great and I've enjoyed getting to know them this month. One agent, Shari, even brought me some toys to donate to the CCA Giving Tree, a local charity I have contributed to and supported this holiday.

It was a nice surprise to have a little boy traveling under the Airline Ambassadors Children's Escort Program, named Albert. I have been participating in this program for 5 years, but have never been working a flight where we had a child being escorted. I am usually the one doing the escorting. This particular flight had one of our First Officer's named Mark escorting little Albert to St. Louis, on behalf of Healing the Children, the same charity that sponsors little Kelin, one of my frequent charges from Honduras.

Albert was making his second trip up to St. Louis to have surgery to correct problems with his leg. He was such good natured kid. I'm hoping his operation is a success.