Procedures for Unaccompanied Minors arriving to camp by air
1. Some airlines require passengers below a certain age (it varies from airline to airline) to fly as “unaccompanied minors”. The airlines charge an additional fee for these minors.
2. The airlines require a name of who is picking up the minors at the airport. DO NOT put Coach Pilat as the pick up person. Coach Pilat WILL NOT be picking up any campers at the airport.
3. To find out the name of who is picking up campers, email coach pilat at pilat@roanoke.edu one week prior to the first day of camp. Coach Pilat will be able to tell you who is picking up campers at that time and not before.
4. The minor must be brought by airline personnel, to baggage claim to meet the driver. The driver WILL NOT go to the gait or ticket counter to find the camper.
5. At the conclusion of camp, The driver WILL NOT and CANNOT stay with the camper at the airport waiting for the flight to depart. Coach Pilat will assign a coach to stay with the camper while he waits for his flight. The fee for this will be $100.00 and MUST be paid to Coach Pilat prior to camper attending camp. Speak with Coach Pilat about this in advance to be sure everything is arranged in advance. The airlines require an adult to stay with unaccompanied minors until they are in the air and this may take several hours. This is the reason for this fee.
6. If a major problem occurs with an outbound flight (cancelled flight, major delays), Coach Pilat will do all he can do to help camper. Be advised, Coach Pilat is also traveling on the final day of all camps and may be in transit himself.
7. If you are uncomfortable with these procedures, you will need to find alternate transportation for camper to and from camp.
