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My dad talked about flying on a Pan AM 747 from NYC to LA back in the days before deregulation. He was on official Air Force business, flying commercial, so it was economy class ticket way in the back. He said he hoofed it to his assigned seat and was all alone in the section.
The stewardess was making the pre-flight announcements and and said there is no reason for us to walk all the way back there with so few passengers. Please everyone come up to first class. There were just a handful of customers, and dad said he had a stewardess all to himself, as did all the other passengers. Free drinks, and the first class meal. He payed cards with his stewardess for the entire flight. He said it was far and away the best commercial flight he ever had.
I can't even imagine how much it cost to fly a 747 across the country, likely one reason Pan Am is long gone. No days of course they would cancel the flight and not go. Back then, a scheduled flight had to fly under the regulations.
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