Oh those were the days!

[MK82Man]

Haven't seen it on Flight Info before. Great Video and some Great History. Talk about airline nostalgia. Watch the slideshow about halfway down ... turn up the sound ... finish is a letdown but the first 99% is great.

http://www.airlineempires.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=88

 

[outtahere]

Wow!!!

 

[cr7driver]

Great Link! Its surprising how an industry so vital to the economy is run like a poorly managed brothel.
A place where noone makes any money and all involved are essentially unhappy.
Thanks again, that was great. Perhaps, if the idiots in charge actually started running a business maybe we might have a chance at having a career that closley mirrored that of our fathers'.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Perhaps, if the idiots in charge actually started running a business maybe we might have a chance at having a career that closley mirrored that of our fathers'.

Our fathers had balls and actually stood up for their careers, they didn't hope that management ran the airlines correctlly

 

[cr7driver]

True! But it goes both ways.

 

[NuGuy]

Getting hired in 1946:

http://www.airlineempires.net/content/view/264/79/

Nu

 

[bvt1151]

Was that Tripp and Lindbergh in the first show?

 

[Deadalus]

Was that Tripp and Lindbergh in the first show?

I believe it is.

Those were the good old days when the flight attendants were small and the paychecks were big.

 

[Jmoney]

Deregulation

Deregulation has completely f-ed up this industry. We still have govt. support of the industry-it is just called "bankruptcy court." You can take your sorry airline into and out of bankruptcy several times and keep right on getting this huge bonuses. The industry has turned into a huge ATM for execs and a "screw-you" factory for employees!

Just disgusting for a country to build a cutting-edge industry which spread all over the world and then let it turn into the craphole it is today!

 

[blzr]

How 'come I couldn't understand the words? I know I didn't drink THAT much last night.