Those boots are made for AWESOME! Is it Japan Airlines that currently has those retro- kind of 60s flight attendant outfits?

I have become so used to airline employees walking around in shapeless potato sack/excuses for unis that I almost fell over when I first saw it. Indeed, I felt like a walking cliché when the words "That's what I'm freaking talking about!" came out of my lips but honestly I couldn't help it. The girlfriend didn't find it too cute either. She has to get over it; I simply must cheer when I see a concerted effort to not be shabby.

I rue the day air-travel become so dowdy.

Thanks, Airline Deregulation Act!

I'd return her seat back to it's full upright and locked position.

rikdanger: Sometimes I think that I was born 30 years late.

I was definitely born about 17 years too late.

I'm glad airline stewardesses can dress more comfortably and that smoking is not allowed on flights. Wish there was more booze like the champagne in some of the pics though. You know what else I noticed? Lots of empty seats. That is just pure awesome. Inefficient, sure, but they weren't crowded in like sardines and not every plane was expected to be full or overbooked.

That was then.

This is now.

/Weep not for the time that passed
//Weep not for the times to come
///Weep for the nightmare of the now

Mother's Bloody Sperm: Read the headline as "Coffee, tea, or fleshlight"...



(see can scold me anytime)

Thanks a lot, bin Laden.

Salmon: Yeah, but Gadian?

Back then smoking wasn't bad for you.

You could light one up, slap the stewardess on the ass while calling her "tootse", and demand another scotch

That would be kind of fun :-/

Dropping a friend or family member off at the airport was an adventure in itself. People would actually park their cars, escort their traveler to the departure gate, and watch the plane until it was just a tiny speck in the sky.

I'm not that old, actually I'm a young'n, and I remember doing this when my dad flew out on business.

bongmiester: Mother's Bloody Sperm: Read the headline as "Coffee, tea, or fleshlight"...

(see can scold me anytime)

jesus, that looks like my ex.

I can remember planes that had a smoking section, when there was such a thing as an in-flight meal, with silverware no less, free packs of playing cards, and unlimited packs of peanuts.

Now they give out pretzels if anything at all because of allergies, smoking has been banned for years, playing cards are as hard to find as a pillow on a flight, and if you make the mistake of calling a female "flight attendant" a "stewardess," some thug from the TSA pulls you off the plane and gives you a UFIA.

/recovering from knee surgery
//has cane, get off my lawn.

pxlboy: bongmiester: Mother's Bloody Sperm: Read the headline as "Coffee, tea, or fleshlight"...

(see can scold me anytime)

jesus, that looks like my ex.

did she enjoy flying?

FTFA:

Because you could check your big bags for free, many passengers simply walked onto the plane with just briefcases and purses. Now, it's hard to find any room whatsoever in the overhead, due to all the wheeled suitcases crammed in.


F*ck those assholes! I only bring a small duffel/gym bag as my carry-on item. Technically, those suitcases are too large to for carry-on.

Even when smoking was allowed, they still discriminated against cigar and pipe smokers like myself.

Side note:

When smoking as allowed, it was easier for mechanics to detect small air leaks...there would be a small build-up of tar around said hole.

animal900: Christ almighty, WTF is that:


Post-Op Howdy Doody?

Oh, I should add to my previous Geritol and Matlock-laced post:

One of my fondest memories of a dearly departed uncle is him taking myself and a couple of cousins to BWI to the observation lounge and out in the terminals to watch the planes taxiing in, taking off, and landing. I explain that to people younger than me and they are shocked anyone was allowed out in the terminal. Hell, they won't even allow a parent to see their young kids off on a flight anymore.

Goddamned terrorists.

/Cool Story, Bro, I know.
//almost time for Murder She Wrote