‘I’ve known this for 40+ years’: Mom blasts American Airlines for not letting her on plane with her own kid, dividing viewers

Flying with children is hard enough without the administrative paperwork that parents must scrap together. Usually last-minute. Certain essentials, such as a passport and a birth certificate, are often needed even if a parent is flying with their kids. Here, one mom learns the hard way that she also needs a notarized, signed consent form from the dad.

On American Airlines, a signed consent form by the other parent is often required if the child travels alone or with one parent. But when...