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.

 

[brainhurts]

Where did go go boots go?

 

[ASA_DFW]

Anybody know the song?

 

[Gear Down]

Excellent!

Those were the days..... even the pax dressed up!

Now passengers come with stained tanks tops, leave toe nail clippings and boogers on the windows.

 

[aa73]

"Con Te Partiro" (with you I'll leave), Andrea Bocelli and some chick.

 

[Patriot328]

Anybody know the song?

"Time to Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.

 

[aa73]

"Time to Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.

Hey, learn some Italian you clueless dweeb. :laugh: Aren't you flying all that int'l stuff these days?

It's "Con Te Partiro" which was "englishized" to "Time to say Good bye." (doesn't translate directly.)

P.s. you're gonna start hearing my noobie position reports over the Atlantic starting in March.

73

 

[Patriot328]

Hey, learn some Italian you clueless dweeb. :laugh: Aren't you flying all that int'l stuff these days?

It's "Con Te Partiro" which was "englishized" to "Time to say Good bye." (doesn't translate directly.)

P.s. you're gonna start hearing my noobie position reports over the Atlantic starting in March.

73

Hey I thought all you boys had FMC position reporting. I figured only CAL was cheap enough to have to do the HF reports!

And screw your EYE-talian... If he's going to Itune it or rip it off, Time to say goodbye will do the job.. Besides, getting to MXP or FCO requires knee pads and a bib over here.. way too senior to just fall onto your line, so my Italian sucks.


Oh, and y'all might not go to as many places as we do out of NYC, but you hit a lot of the good ones...!

I'll buy the beer in Paris.. no wait, you make more than me.. you buy it..

 

[aa73]

OK, "la biere est sur moi", French for "beer's on me."

Not sure how the FMC works on our 767s. wait a sec, what's an FMC? this is already too much for my 7 year Super 80-conditioned brain. you mean the FMC does the pos reports? sweet!!