We all don't want to admit it, but flying was a lot better - the experience was better - before everyone else was flying too. The "golden age" was that short window in the early '70s after the introduction of the jumbos, but before the teeming masses, deregulation, and competition, turned the lounges into cattle cars. And whatever pleasure was still left after Homer Simpson started flying, was soon stripped away when Achmed starting flying, too. I'm just grateful I tasted it while it lasted.
wow those were the days..I remember flying American in both first class and economy..it was an event to be on their 747's..sadly its service has disappeared
@Flatbedkw they could only fill the 747's on a few routes, it was to big and due to a fall in passenger numbers and a rise in oil prices they could not fill the plane, so they switched them for smaller aircraft.
@TheMrleomartin most of the smaller aircraft only uses two engine instead of 3 or 4, the biggest plane that american airlines has is the boeing 777 200.
@WingsOTWorld From the mid 1930s to 1978 airlines were regulated in the U.S by the Civil Aeronautics Board so they were not allowed to compete in price on airfares. It was so bad that the sizes of the meals were even regulated, so they had to think up other gimmicks to get around the rules like racey stewardess uniforms and flashy decor inside the cabins, I think maybe that was the idea behind having lounges and piano bars.
@somewhatlongdong I will agree with you on that, ingnoring the actual flight itself the "Security Theater starring Chester the Molester" you have to go through has made flying a miserable experience. I say "security theater" because none of it has ever caught a terrorist, nor will it, it's just a expensive and useless front involving glorrified rent-a-cops.
@OlegKostoglatov Oh lol I know that. I just wanted to put up a joke post for the laughs. There was a great history channel documentary about the fall of regulation of airlines and how Southwest Airlines changed the face of US Aviation.
Back then everybody must have the 747. When they finally came to the realisation that the 747 was too big, many dropped the plane like a ton of bricks!
We all don't want to admit it, but flying was a lot better - the experience was better - before everyone else was flying too. The "golden age" was that short window in the early '70s after the introduction of the jumbos, but before the teeming masses, deregulation, and competition, turned the lounges into cattle cars. And whatever pleasure was still left after Homer Simpson started flying, was soon stripped away when Achmed starting flying, too. I'm just grateful I tasted it while it lasted.
theknightlynews 1 month ago
@ILikeCheese747 have you been living under a rock for the past 6 years?
SimHarrison 2 months ago
wow those were the days..I remember flying American in both first class and economy..it was an event to be on their 747's..sadly its service has disappeared
TheVineyarder 3 months ago
Comfort, STEWARDESSES, smoking... all better than today (except for the annoying guy playing the guitar)
8Ho03EdONl1liL 5 months ago
Those were the days to fly.
eliskander 6 months ago
I read somewhere that American Airlines wasn't too crazy about the 747 for some reason. The coach lounge seems like a cool idea, though.
Flatbedkw 6 months ago
@Flatbedkw they could only fill the 747's on a few routes, it was to big and due to a fall in passenger numbers and a rise in oil prices they could not fill the plane, so they switched them for smaller aircraft.
TheMrleomartin 5 months ago
@TheMrleomartin most of the smaller aircraft only uses two engine instead of 3 or 4, the biggest plane that american airlines has is the boeing 777 200.
sideslide23 3 months ago
Flying is now just Greyhound with wings.
zamusicza 6 months ago 6
A lounge? IN COACH!? WHAT!?!?!?!?! REALLY? YOU'RE NOT CRAMMING KIDS AND PEOPLE INTO CATTLE CLASS?!?
WingsOTWorld 7 months ago 3
@WingsOTWorld From the mid 1930s to 1978 airlines were regulated in the U.S by the Civil Aeronautics Board so they were not allowed to compete in price on airfares. It was so bad that the sizes of the meals were even regulated, so they had to think up other gimmicks to get around the rules like racey stewardess uniforms and flashy decor inside the cabins, I think maybe that was the idea behind having lounges and piano bars.
OlegKostoglatov 3 months ago
@OlegKostoglatov I don't want to get into a regulate/deregulate debate, but flying back then was a hell of a lot more enjoyable then.
somewhatlongdong 3 months ago
@somewhatlongdong I will agree with you on that, ingnoring the actual flight itself the "Security Theater starring Chester the Molester" you have to go through has made flying a miserable experience. I say "security theater" because none of it has ever caught a terrorist, nor will it, it's just a expensive and useless front involving glorrified rent-a-cops.
OlegKostoglatov 3 months ago
@OlegKostoglatov Oh they even regulated coach lounges eventually across the Atlantic too.
TomsFriendKake 3 months ago
@OlegKostoglatov Oh lol I know that. I just wanted to put up a joke post for the laughs. There was a great history channel documentary about the fall of regulation of airlines and how Southwest Airlines changed the face of US Aviation.
WingsOTWorld 2 months ago
do AA used 747? when?
kilobas 11 months ago
@kilobas 1970–1989
FSXDelux 9 months ago
@FSXDelux many thanks body!!!
kilobas 9 months ago
Back then everybody must have the 747. When they finally came to the realisation that the 747 was too big, many dropped the plane like a ton of bricks!
tiadaid 1 year ago
@tiadaid many pilots?
yoyoyoyoshua 6 months ago
I think that F/A is Mary Frann from Newhart
gsojetboy 1 year ago
nice music
paoant1996 1 year ago