"Spirit Airlines Dismisses Agent for Misdirecting Solo 6-Year-Old Passenger"

Spirit Airlines has fired an employee responsible for mistakenly putting a 6-year-old boy on a flight to Orlando instead of his intended destination, Fort Myers. The incident occurred four days before Christmas, and the child was over 160 miles away from his family. The airline has stated that they are reinforcing their procedures with their team and are in communication with the child's family, who were reimbursed for the costs incurred to retrieve the boy.