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Has Achieved Nirvana |
 https://www.cnn.com/travel/art...source=pocket-newtab
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana  |
I always wonder what happens if they hit turbulence? I'm gonna bet that white smoking jacket (or whatever it's called) won't seem like such a good idea. Ditto the bottles and (real?) glassware and china. | |||
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity  |
Oh yeah ... Such a Golden Age ... I started flying in the 60s, at the very end of that era as it was transitioning into mass travel. The glamor was gone, and the safety hadn't improved. | |||
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| knitterati Beatification Candidate  |
I just read Fly Girl by Ann Hood, a memoir of a stewardess/air hostess/flight attendant. Deregulation really did a number on air travel.
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
True, but it made it much more accessible to the masses. It’s always a trade-off.
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity |
Yep. | |||
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I started flying before deregulation so I've experienced some of those amenities. I remember the lounge area at the rear of a Continental Airlines plane and the cloth napkins and full meals served in coach back then. I've very seldom had the opportunity to fly first class, but I suspect at least some of that elegance still survives there, particularly on overseas flights. As for me, I have very little desire to fly in today's airliners, particularly in coach. Big Al
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