The following is a very informative conversation between myself and five year old J. that took place in April.
J: My mom and dad told me that we are going to go to Paris this summer. It will be the first place I visit in Europe.
Mrs. P.: That is very exciting. I have been to Paris. It is beautiful. You can visit the Eiffel Tower.
J: Oh, I can't wait to visit the Eiffel Tower! My mom says our airline will be Air France, but I don't want to fly with Air France.
Mrs. P.: Which airline do you want to fly with?
J: Qantas!
Mrs. P.: I believe that Qantas only flies in and out of Australia.
J: Oh. Australia is very far away from France. That would be the longest flight ever!
Mrs. P.: Yes, that would be very long. Why do you want to fly with Qantas?
J: Because Qantas is the number one airline on the top 100 list of the safest airlines in the world! Air France is #10.
Mrs. P.: Well, that is a very good reason. I can see that you have quite a problem. Do you remember any of the other airlines in the top ten? Maybe one of those would fly to France.
J: Oh yes. Singapore Airlines is #2. Then Cathay Pacific, Emirates and Qatar.
Mrs. P: I don't think any of those would work. What about number 6?
J: I totally forgot number 6 and I forgot 7 all the way to 9.
Madame D. had a question for J.
Madame D: I am going to Vancouver next month on Air Canada. How safe is it?
J: Oh, not so so safe. Air Canada is #19. If the number is low, that is safe. If it is high, not so safe.
A fellow student asked about West Jet.
J: West Jet is #23 or #24. Not that safe.
She also asked about Sun Wing as she flew to Cuba on Sun Wing. He wasn't sure about Sun Wing.
He then informed us that Hong Kong Airlines is #12. #21 is Korean Air, #23 Phillipeans and #47 is Olympic Air. It flies to the Olympics. #50 is Jet Star.
Mrs. P.: Jet Star? I've never heard of that.
J: I knew I found an airline that you never heard of! I am going to try to remember 6, 7, 8 and 9 now.
He walked around the room a few times and came back.
J: I can't remember.
Mrs. P.: J., how do you know all of this?
J: I watch the videos on You Tube! But, don't watch the videos that say "Top 10 Airlines". Those ones are not true. It has to say "in the world".
He promised he would go home and watch the videos again to find out the names of the airlines he couldn't remember. He will tell me the names on Monday.
On Monday morning, J. came in with the following three lists for me.
When I asked why all the lists were different, he said it was because they were different years. As I said, you just never know what fascinating things await you each day. This is very valuable information indeed!
