High-end restaurant staff, high-end hotel staff, architects, engineers
@catlover470026 күн бұрын
Not a Dc10 in the first photo. It's a Tristar L1011.
@ScottRothsroth061623 күн бұрын
Timestamp: 2:00 .
@alighozi470921 күн бұрын
I was about to comment the same
@LMays-cu2hp21 күн бұрын
I saw that as well. I flew on my firmer airline's DC-10 from here in Chicago.😊
@LMays-cu2hp21 күн бұрын
Sorry! Yes, my "former" airline.😊
@pollyglot269621 күн бұрын
Me too! I used to fly on DC-10s on LH up to 4 times annually from JFK-DUS and then JFK-MUC (once LH started the nonstop service to MUC) in the mid to late 80s. My mom worked for LH. That aircraft is definitely an L-1011.
@igormac8819 күн бұрын
"The world is your mall" is pretty much my whole favorite sentence from this video
@Withnail19699 күн бұрын
The 1980s is strong in this one
@CarlosCoffeeCorner12 күн бұрын
As a current flight attendant at a major Scandinavian airline, it fills my heart to hear about the history of our profession. The senior flight attendants in the video are hilarious xD "I was so innocent, even thought I grew up in Brooklyn". "They were so old, they got their flight hours from WW2, they could be your grandparents" hahaha
@jst771420 күн бұрын
The story about Nixon was really touching
@tonyborie78826 күн бұрын
That’s a Pan Am L1011 not a DC-10
@lanesmith285319 күн бұрын
Thought I was tweaking for a minute lol
@ScottRothsroth061616 күн бұрын
Timestamp: 2:00 .
@MaddogCapt1111 күн бұрын
The L1011 was made by Lockheed.
@lcfflc38879 күн бұрын
Well flight attendants should have called that out. 🤔😅
@maddexairlines21 күн бұрын
I had the pleasure of meeting both Linda and Carol at the Pan Am Museum Foundation gala a few years ago. They are really wonderful people.
@DrMarten22 күн бұрын
I was an FA for 10 years (2006-2016). I STILL have the flying dreams! Great video!
@LMays-cu2hp21 күн бұрын
I hear you!! I am from 1999 to 2008 Chicago Based.😊
@drewjamila3868Күн бұрын
What airline were you flying back then?
@LMays-cu2hpКүн бұрын
I am from United Airlines here in Chicago.
@LMays-cu2hpКүн бұрын
@@drewjamila3868 Do you fly for an airline?
@sheilaf848123 күн бұрын
The 90's expert was such a classy woman!
@ricardopolanco947722 күн бұрын
Now people coming if they going to Night club or gym
@Dr.MichaelLange.Holger4 күн бұрын
Sure.... hello 👋
@stewartphilip58699 күн бұрын
Thanks for the amazing video. I was a flight attendant for 20 years. I started in the 80's and still miss it every day. Im right there with the guy who broke down at the end of the video. Best job ever ❤
@Beinthesky21 күн бұрын
My mom was an FA, now I’m an FA. Nothing like it. Love seeing the history.
@ekuche833526 күн бұрын
Another amazing video. I love these multiple decade job comparison. DO MORE
@Dayvit7820 күн бұрын
I second that. These are fascinating. And they could be even longer. They have so much to share.
@ruthbickerstaffe191522 күн бұрын
Thank you for this really great video of flying as a Flight Attendant in the Golden Age of Air Travel. Sadly times have changed so much✈️
@AllisonYYZ18 күн бұрын
The 747 " It was like flying a building " 😂😂😂😂
@YoBoyMarcusКүн бұрын
Now it's the A380.
@PthaloGreen220 күн бұрын
Wow. Glory days. I'm a regional flight attendant. Started doing it a couple years ago at 62. Layovers in Valdosta and Shreveport are not so glamorous and the wages are very low but it's still fun.
@sweetnaomi5619 күн бұрын
I love being a Flight Attendant ❤ coming from generations of amazing FAs that paved the way for us young ones make it all the more fun!
@trivialtrav24 күн бұрын
I love how that guy knows the names of everyone in Marilyn Manson.
@Genesis-pq9po12 күн бұрын
As a flight attendant this is so cool to watch. I wish my job is more glamorous as it was before
@watchhans18 күн бұрын
As a former flight attendant I totally agree to all the things mentioned in this video! And the most amazing thing is, that it doesn´t matter for what airline or in which country you work as a flight attendant: we all experience the same things, we all are responsible for the safety of our passengers, and we all experience the same way of crew life, no matter in what language or uniform. To be a flight attendant is not a job. It is a lifestyle. When I stepped off the airplane from my very last flight after 33 years, I also got pretty emotional with one crying and one laughing eye. Crying because of leaving this extraordinary lifestyle, laughing because of looking forward to my well earned retirement (and no more ever-complaining ˋKarens´ 😂)
@AJP161319 күн бұрын
Man wish I flew in the 70s. Wayyyyy different than now. The food looks amazing!!
@sarahmaeinonog52748 күн бұрын
Crying while watching this as I did my last flight today ❤
@Dr.MichaelLange.Holger4 күн бұрын
Really..... Hello Sarah
@Gqboy73122 күн бұрын
As a flight attendant for 33 years , I have become a slam clicker. Had my fun in the part 90s. Based in NRT, go to HKG and party all night and buy cheap suits and shoes. Living the best life!!😊
@watchhans18 күн бұрын
👍 I also was a flight attendant for 33 years, from 1982 - 2015, mostly in the 90´s, it definitely was the best life!
@markdc114512 күн бұрын
Amazing the contrast between the decades. I miss the old-school FA service and fun attitude back in the 70s and 80s. At least we don't have smoking anymore which is a huge plus. Great video!
@leannestrong100022 күн бұрын
I am not a flight attendant yet, but my very favorite type of plane right now is the airbus a380. When I first became into aviation, my favorite was the Concorde, which was taken out of service permanently in 2003.
@cerambyx-87 күн бұрын
My mother was cabin crew with British Airways in the late 80's to early 90's, usually was scheduled for the Lonson-New York flight (always 747's), those days the airline would provide staff holidays at massive discounts. Her best friend was senior cabin crew for Concorde so she managed fly on Concorde. These days she hates flying to holidays in Europe (not from fear, but lack of comfort, space and the stress).
@Dr.MichaelLange.Holger4 күн бұрын
Ohhh... that true. Hello 👋
@danshepard508321 күн бұрын
I remember as a kid in the 70s and 80s flipping up my arm rest and pressing my ear to the holes to watch the movie when my parents didn't want to pay for the headphones.
@elpis959626 күн бұрын
My favorite position was lower galley purser with Tristar by Lockheed..you work alone and you need to super organised with time/planning and phsically strong to load/unload 10+ foodcarts from two lifts
@Dr.MichaelLange.Holger4 күн бұрын
Hello 👋
@denniscowan633526 күн бұрын
Mary McKenna was a wonderful flight attendant at American. I remember her well! A+++
@Bondmanproductions4 күн бұрын
Travel back then was pure luxury! Trains, planes, boats, you name it!
@georgeromey497120 күн бұрын
I fly first and business today. The step down is mind boggling.
@TravelWithKabirCD22 күн бұрын
1:56 that’s an L1011 not a DC 10, you know the AvGeeks are gonna freak 😂out
@ArnonShimoni20 күн бұрын
I had to stop the video to be angry.
@checkeredflagfilms20 күн бұрын
Glad I was around, as a passenger, to experience the luxury, superb service and great vibes with air travels. In comparison, today is a nightmare.
@eddenoy32117 күн бұрын
It really is a a nightmare today. Add to that , my body has aged as well. I rarely fly these days.
@M11TS9 күн бұрын
But why? What changed so dramatically.?
@eddenoy3219 күн бұрын
@@M11TS Airlines are trying to squeeze more profit out of everything, that is what happened.
@patrickjames95866 сағат бұрын
@@M11TS a combination of things, but I'd say the top 3 are definitely $$$, 9/11, and safety
@M11TS4 сағат бұрын
@@patrickjames9586 I guess you're right, anyway I can't imagine a place more fascinating than inside an aircraft. Is that as weird as it sounds?
@flu4pdmt23 күн бұрын
Thirty seven years in the business and I can completely agree it's the greatest job ever. I wouldn't have traded it for anything!!!
@necromancer321 күн бұрын
This was so fun. My dad and mum met while working for United. Dad flew the DC10 and mum was a stewardess. They met in Newark moved to Denver, and then to the Bay Area where we lived in a large, rural neighborhood of United and American flight crews. I had a charmed upbringing and so much of that was due to United Airlines.
@acarr3rd17 күн бұрын
Carol you are amazing! So glad I had the opportunity to fly with you!
@coolzworldd14 күн бұрын
What a fun interesting segment. Thank you for your service flight attendants makes flying truly special as opposed to taking a bus or train or car.
@Bellasie122 күн бұрын
Too bad they mixed the DC-10 and the Tristar, but this is a great video.
@harveysooty905221 күн бұрын
I agree 100%, flying is in your DNA. I’ve been flying for 10yrs now and can not think of doing anything else
@goldengirl20821 күн бұрын
Back in the mid 80s I was 19 and tried out to be a Stewardess with TWA. I weighted 125lbs at 64" and was turned down. They said to loose weight and come back🤣
@velsie230314 күн бұрын
that's still a rule, it's because you need to be fit to be a flight attendant for most airlines, however also they want light attendants too to have more passengers as the paint is so heavy, there need to be a certain weight for all crew to level it out with the passengers and luggage. in emirates airlines, if you gain weight you get grounded
@MarcBasilla23 күн бұрын
That’s an L-1011 not DC-10 in the first segment ;)
@meofnz232020 күн бұрын
That was much more engaging than I expected! An addictive lifestyle, and probably not healthy, but I don’t want to retire!
@taiyoki_futatsu18 күн бұрын
Lol I like how everyone is correcting them on the FA calling it a DC 10 instead of an L1011
@kylehollie22 күн бұрын
The stuff I saw in lavatories insane. Flight attendant 90’s.
@vix4x4116 күн бұрын
I was a ground agent and I just dreamt about checking passengers in but the computer was really slow and I was panicking to get the flight out on time! I’d love to hang out with the 70s gal - she seems really fun!
@Dr.MichaelLange.Holger4 күн бұрын
Hello 👋
@ltpetro14 күн бұрын
This is an awesome series
@danshepard508321 күн бұрын
For people wondering, The Gas Station in Frankfurt seems to have been Baseler Eck Speisegaststatte.
@danielseunghoonlee100025 күн бұрын
04:05 Service was service. We were #1 in service, American Airlines. - Hearing this in 2024.
@ScarlettEmeraldASMR7 күн бұрын
American is still great 👍
@WillN2Go119 күн бұрын
The video left our the 'Today' part where Flight Attendants are living in their cars and driving Uber between flights. I love flying I hate going through the abusive stress inducing (for no reason) TSA, the way airlines ignore, mistreat customers, and their employees.
@tigerlounge20 күн бұрын
oh my goodness I worked on the lower lobe galley - it was a nightmare!!
@Dr.MichaelLange.Holger4 күн бұрын
Really....lol. Hello 👋
@JanetB127117 күн бұрын
Soooo awesome ✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️
@Dr.MichaelLange.Holger4 күн бұрын
Hello 👋
@christainmarks10620 күн бұрын
The Plane she talked about was a Lockheed TriStar L-10-11 not a DC-10 but we love her anyways.
@ultracurious6 күн бұрын
I can't say I had any real feelings about Nixon one way or the other, but now I do. That was a truly fine moment for any gentleman to be remembered for.
@TrainerAQ20 күн бұрын
14:37 Oh dude disasters still happen. I had a big woman stuck to that toilet once. We had to land the plane with her still on it before the plane finally let her go.
@andrewkirk708123 күн бұрын
Fun fact-Smoking is actually still legal on charter/non scheduled flights
@traceymarshall588621 күн бұрын
Not in Ireland
@andrewkirk708115 күн бұрын
It’s at the discretion of the individual charter operator whether or not to allow it, but unlike scheduled flights, I highly doubt that it’s the law there or anywhere else
@LanceMcCarthy9 күн бұрын
I'm an SO, it's nice to hear from the other generations. Everything they said is 100% true.
@doloresm73967 күн бұрын
How cool! He truly loved his job. I get it. Me too. I only traveled four states in my career...by car but there was nothing like it.
@tonyyero723122 күн бұрын
I have those dreams! Been since 2003 😂
@jmondragqueen17 күн бұрын
1:46 is a L1011 actually
@LMays-cu2hp21 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing our industry. Many of us Stewardess & Eary Stewards but more modern day term of Flights Attendants know what we like. Yes, for me, the recently retired 747-400s were the best!😊 Also, the photo of the Pan Am L1011 is the at timing 1:58. That is the Lockheed Tristar not a DC-10 Mcdonald Douglas Aircraft.😊
@LMays-cu2hp21 күн бұрын
😂 Hahaha!! Yes, all of us Flight Attendants have so great memories of our lives seeing the world. For me, Former Purser Flight Attendant from United Airlines here in Chicago, the cities that I saw from history books I wanted to go to. And I did!! I still stay in contact with great friends who are still flying. Again, it was and still a great experience of a career. And I still sometimes wake up from dreams of working a flight somewhere!😅
@Optim409 күн бұрын
As soon as she started talking all familiar ...I was like ...NEXXXXXTTTTT
@Whirlwinder0018 күн бұрын
The flying experience over the years has declined at a shocking rate when you compare what the level of service was in the 60s/70s
@TheGiantKillers15 күн бұрын
In fairness though, that's partly due to inter continental travel being made more affordable. Today, flying intercontinental isn't considered a big deal but in the 60s and even perhaps the 70s it felt financially out of reach to the average person.
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar9 күн бұрын
@@TheGiantKillers In all fairness, intercontinental was started in the 1920s.
@ScarlettEmeraldASMR7 күн бұрын
@@TheGiantKillersshould have stayed that way
@TheGiantKillers7 күн бұрын
@@ScarlettEmeraldASMR It did. When air liners became affordable to the masses, Elitists switched to private jets where they still get those levels of comfort and more.
@sian233710 күн бұрын
I really wish they’d properly bring back the 747.
@craigwilliams763521 күн бұрын
At 6:54, the amount of legroom is staggering! I am still amazed that I can get on an aluminum tube, and get to another part of the country cheap and safe. Yes, it is crowded, but dang, it is accessible to most. I just want to be invisible to the cabin crew.
@papatakakiro22 күн бұрын
The DC-10 isva L1011. Hi Carol.
@Takeme2thecloudsabove20 күн бұрын
There really is no other job in the world like it! I’m very lucky ❤
@breth896519 күн бұрын
The only way to experience this kind of luxury "in the air" is the Pan Am Experience in LA. I look forward to doing it one of these days when they reopen. Loved hearing their stories!
@jessvoix20 күн бұрын
First cocktail served after 12min. service was service.. some things never change
@catschorus468413 күн бұрын
That was super interesting!
@xjAlbert8 күн бұрын
Important document! Marvelous people! Great humanity!
@constantinoferrer742022 күн бұрын
Amazing video but that was an L-1011. 🤓
@BillCaddell3 күн бұрын
My heart goes out to the women subjected to weight checks and threatened with losing their jobs if they were over 119 lbs even after giving birth. Glad times changed in that regard. But, I loved hearing the stories from these folks and it’s cool to see how much they love their profession and how it enriched their lives.
@Ibuddy666 күн бұрын
I love a 747, but I adore an A380 and A350.
@donnabaardsen537226 күн бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤This was fun!
@CrustyUgg6 күн бұрын
My fiance is old enough to remember when he was allowed to smoke while a patient in the hospital 😂
@milantehrandubai12 күн бұрын
That was a lockheed tristar in the picture, not a dc10 ! Btw, they also served Italian fillet and Persian caviar which she didn't mention...
@airtravelaviation49122 күн бұрын
Best job ever ❤❤
@roachtoasties20 күн бұрын
Why isn't Carlos a flight attendant anymore? He enjoyed his five years. If he was laid off in 2002, that it sounds like, things did recover and the airlines have been hiring on and off since. I remember the old headsets for the movies and music channels. They weren't electrical. Just plastic tubes that carried the sound from the armrest to your ears. Somewhere in my house I have an old pair or two. When I was younger, I applied to several airlines. None would give me the time of day for any position. I got a couple letters saying "thank you for your interest and we'll keep your application on file," which basically meant to go pound sand. That's O.K. I eventually went on to a successful I.T. career. No hard feelings. Their loss.
@RB2013-jj7kq14 күн бұрын
Amazing how this is basically what only EMIRATES is today
@myBrownpuppy16 күн бұрын
American Airlines truly is home ❤💙
@GiOvAnNiSaNcHeZ42022 күн бұрын
Beautiful stories ❤️ If only it was affordable for everyone 😕
@johnhaxby30613 күн бұрын
your DC-10 was actually an L1011, you can tell by the tail mounted engine, the L1011 slopes down to it's exhaust and the DC-10 is just one straight "nacelle" from front to back. DC-10 was built by McDonell Douglas and L1011 was built by Lockheed. sorry to throw some research at you after the fact.
@Shahrdad8 күн бұрын
They mistakenly keep calling the L-1011 the DC-10. Most people I know LOVED the L-1011.
@scpatl4now21 күн бұрын
I'm fairly certain I was on a flight with the 90's flight attendant. I had just come back from Sydney and had a connection through LAX and she worked the next flight out of LAX. I had flown Business so it was up front in first on the domestic legs. I think they were doing some sort of heritage thing where they were allowed to wear their uniforms from previous airlines or eras when they worked and I especially remember she had on her Pan Am uniform and was very pleased it still fit ...she was delightful
@brandonoh77721 күн бұрын
That's an l-1011 not a DC-10 ?
@matthewbyczynski486417 күн бұрын
I love how all the past flight attendants had skyscraper airplanes, elevators etc and… the 2000s guy can only compliment the air quality on the craft😂😂😂 (which air quality is important) but that just speak VOLUMES to how much worse air travels got for the customer they take more and more amenities away for the sake of saving a buck 🙂↔️
@douglasb504620 күн бұрын
Back in the 60s up through the 70s fares were much more expensive (i.e. prior to the regulation) so flying was more restricted to those of higher socio-demographics. Accordingly, there was a certain level of decorum sadly absent from today with all sorts of riff raff flying.
@CrustyUgg6 күн бұрын
I wanted to be a flight attendant but ever since I had my son I am absolutely terrified to fly. We flew in February and I guess just being a mom every negative thought and horrible possibility. Just ran through my mind the entire time.
@robertmainville488120 күн бұрын
At 1:50 you confused a L1011 with a DC-10 and you call yourself experts 🤔...
@TrainerAQ20 күн бұрын
Yes, it is an L-1011. I can always tell by that weird style engine on the rudder. The exhaust routes downwards towards the tailcone.
@pnklilstratic627023 күн бұрын
thats not a dc-10....
@varady5521 күн бұрын
At minute 1:52, the photo is an L-1011, not a DC-10. Hello!
@jrkc921813 күн бұрын
I am relieved that fellow aviation geeks noticed the confusion with the DC10 as well.
@NigelDMarvin23 күн бұрын
Other than the minor mistake at the 2:00 mark, this is a very interesting video to watch.
@skiphouston7392Күн бұрын
Up until 2001 flying was mostly a pleasure...ever since then it's been on a downward trajectory. Cheap food, disgruntled passengers, unruly passengers, long security queues and short tempered flight attendants who seem to love nothing more than the sound of their own voice.
@vermontvermont929220 күн бұрын
I flew a lot in the 80s and 90s. Been years now.
@nbntelevision122 күн бұрын
That’s not a DC-10. It’s an L-1011
@Gqboy73122 күн бұрын
That’s not a DC-10. That was an L1011
@CarlNewYorkParis3 күн бұрын
Are they commenting about a DC10 or L1011 as shown in the photo? Wasn't the L1011 the one with the elevators to the galleys? Though the L1011 was vastly superior to the DC10 (starting with that it did not crash). Anyway, it's a bit confusing.
@johnmcaleer709914 күн бұрын
I flew pan (747) am in the 80s lon-jfk lon- lax it was just slightly bigger seats than economy and free drinks that was it mind you it was early 80s And I'd fly lon-mia with national in the 70s(economy) Dc10,best flights I've ever had.(inc free drinks)
@darrelb437120 күн бұрын
So, Carlos Dafonseca, who was apparently an FA from '97-'02, is talking about how great it was to fly on a 787 because the air quality was better when the 787 was first flown commercially 9 years after he stopped working as an FA??
@coolguywithshades3418 күн бұрын
He didn’t say he worked on it
@darrelb437118 күн бұрын
@@coolguywithshades34 Then why should he be anymore of an authority than me, you, or anyone else who've flown on a 787 and at least one other aircraft? He's just schmo in a FA uniform.
@inflightdj12 күн бұрын
The video messed up my dates. I worked from May 1997 until Oct 2022. So yes, I did work the 787 many times to Asia.
@darrelb437112 күн бұрын
@@inflightdj Thanks for clarifying. I'm sorry they failed to report your experience accurately.