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Mrs. Robinson

Mrs. Robinson

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My friend who is a flight attendant for United posted this pic today and I thought it was so cool-especially because I grew up in a house overlooking SFO. This is a pic of the United ticket counter at SFO c. 1934.
 

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My first flight was age 8 in 1960. It was just my sister - age 10 - and I alone, and my doll. The flight attendants were very nice but I remember when all these men in suits saw us get on they didn't look happy. Figured we'd misbehave or make a lot of noise maybe.

I dress for comfort when I fly now.
 
My daughter used to fly by herself to and from my parents for vacations starting when she was 5 (well, it was 40 years ago.....) I remember sitting at the airport waiting to hand her over to a flight attendant, when an elderly gentleman sitting near to us started wanting to back out of the flight. His wife was trying to talk him into getting on the plane without much success. My daughter skipped over to him, leaned on his knee and said "I'll hold your hand if you want and then you won't be scared." Needless to say, arrangements were made for her to sit with them and off they went, all three holding hands. I was pretty proud of her.
 
OMG, I retired a few years back, but I can tell you one thing for sure, that counter today does not even resemble that picture. I flew the route from Baltimore-Washington (BWI) or Dulles in D.C. (IAD) to SFO or LAX on a continuous basis, which means twice per week. I had the 5:50 a.m. flight layover for about 2-3 hours and then fly to Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Denver or Chicago. The flight to SFO was in a Boeing 767 and the second flight of the day was normally a B-757, unless the booking was high. Pilots that held a Boeing 757 & 767 rating were often shifted between the two planes because the cockpits and controls were almost identical. We were the only pilots that flew two different planes, but there were a few exceptions, as is always the case.

I will get an album together over the next few weeks and post some nice shots of flying over the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge and also before and after the Earthquake of 1989, which I did not fly that day.
 
jujube said:
Remember when you got really dressed up to fly? Men in suits and ties. Ladies in hats and gloves. Little kids in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
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Don't mean to pick on any certain age group, however, on several occasions it was nothing to see the younger and middle age people in first class wearing shorts, t-shirts or muscle shirts and flip flops or sandals. One reason was that so many bought upgrades or used their frequent flyer miles to upgrade.

The Seniors or those traveling on business still dressed professionally.
 
jujube said:
My daughter used to fly by herself to and from my parents for vacations starting when she was 5 (well, it was 40 years ago.....) I remember sitting at the airport waiting to hand her over to a flight attendant, when an elderly gentleman sitting near to us started wanting to back out of the flight. His wife was trying to talk him into getting on the plane without much success. My daughter skipped over to him, leaned on his knee and said "I'll hold your hand if you want and then you won't be scared." Needless to say, arrangements were made for her to sit with them and off they went, all three holding hands. I was pretty proud of her.
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How cute! :)
 
oldman said:
OMG, I retired a few years back, but I can tell you one thing for sure, that counter today does not even resemble that picture. I flew the route from Baltimore-Washington (BWI) or Dulles in D.C. (IAD) to SFO or LAX on a continuous basis, which means twice per week. I had the 5:50 a.m. flight layover for about 2-3 hours and then fly to Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Denver or Chicago. The flight to SFO was in a Boeing 767 and the second flight of the day was normally a B-757, unless the booking was high. Pilots that held a Boeing 757 & 767 rating were often shifted between the two planes because the cockpits and controls were almost identical. We were the only pilots that flew two different planes, but there were a few exceptions, as is always the case.

I will get an album together over the next few weeks and post some nice shots of flying over the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge and also before and after the Earthquake of 1989, which I did not fly that day.
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I'd love to see your photos. Our next door neighbour was a pilot for British Airways. Retired at 50. Love to hear his stories and he's shown us a few photos. He showed us one of the airport in Entebbe back in the 50's I think. Doesn't look a whole lot better today!
 
DoItMyself said:
That's because flying these days is akin to being in prison. Why get dressed up if you're going to get treated no better than cattle?
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Depends on the airline. Upgrading to business on certain airlines and you're treated like royalty with comfy lie flat beds. Or you can upgrade to economy comfort which we do on our trips to the US. Doesn't add much to the ticket price but you get tons of legroom and free booze!
 
Ameriscot said:
Depends on the airline. Upgrading to business on certain airlines and you're treated like royalty with comfy lie flat beds. Or you can upgrade to economy comfort which we do on our trips to the US. Doesn't add much to the ticket price but you get tons of legroom and free booze!
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I'm hoping that he is speaking of how people are treated inside the airports. United has the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which I have only been in, but have never flown in. I have it on my "to do" list, but who knows when that will be. I am really not a fan of travel anymore. I guess 33 years of traveling when I was a pilot for United has pretty much taken its toll on me and living out of a suitcase has also worn out its welcome.
 

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