Kids hop plane to Nashville

Bridget Brown, 15, of Jacksonville, said she has saved about $700 from babysitting proceeds so she asked friend Bobby Nolan III, 13, if there was anywhere he wanted to go via plane, First Coast News reported Friday.

The duo brought Brown's 11-year-old brother along to the airport and the three of them purchased tickets to Nashville at the Southwest counter.

"He said OK and told us how much it would be and then we paid him," Brown said. "Then he put the flight things on our bags and then he said you better run because you might miss your flight.

The kids said they were not stopped by airport security and no one asked them for IDs.

"Everybody else had IDs. But we didn't," Nolan said.

Nolan called his parents at about dinner time and told them where he had gone. The parents of the children paid to have them flown home that night.

Southwest officials said procedures were followed by workers and no rules were broken. They said an 11-year-old can fly with anyone 12 or older without having to pay an unaccompanied minor fee.

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