Originally Posted by
vagabond
The original question asked for the best times. I think the answer is necessarily subjective. And as I understand it, many people on the forums are in their 20s, so not alive to personally experience flying the great birds of the 70s. Of course I like the good old days of people dressing up before boarding an airplane, where one is served real food on real china by employees who seem happy to be there.
I still remember some of my flights in the early 80's with many of the people dressed well for the flight. To this day, I still wear a tie with a nice blazer, especially when I'm non-reving on UAL. I'm not sure about the food in the 80s but I remember my dads' stories from the 70s when "real food" was served by genuinely happy employees. Certainly was a glamorous job then. >sigh< Maybe a retro airline will pop up soon that will bring back all the greatness of flying and the service that once came with it. We can only hope.
