An airport can be a dangerous place.

Just ask Brandon Barron, who recently flew from Charlotte to Orlando with his wife, four young kids and his mother, who has Alzheimer’s.

“My three-year-old son was holding on to one of our bags while on the escalator,” he recalls. “The bag started to tumble down the stairs — and he tumbled with it.”

With most travelers fixated on aviation safety — which is understandable, given some of the recent high-profile incidents — they’re less concerned about safety inside the airport itself. But that may be a mistake.