[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by mossguy

All the men wore suits and ties, the women wore suits with pencil skirts and high heels, or dresses with high heels, and often hats. No security stuff. Go to the observation deck and watch the airplanes take-off and land. When seeing someone off or waiting for their arrival, having dinner at one of the fine restaurants on purpose. People watching. Flying, getting a good meal in coach. Free drinks. A lot of attention from the (all female) attendants. Manners. No pushing, no shoving. There is more, but that is what comes to mind at the moment.

My first commercial flight was on a Ozark Airlines DC-3. Just like above with the suit and so on.

Fast forward to today. My current flight attendent did 37 years flying with Eastern Air Lines and was trained during the "white glove era" and really knows how to take care of pax. She does it "old school" the way it should be done, then comes forward and lets us munch on the leftovers as she always orders too much food.

The "Wal-Mart world" that we live in today is not progress. I just flew from Zurich to LAX with a major carrier and it really made me glad that I do not have to do this very often.