Pan Am Training Film: "Roses for Routine" (1959)

[@salimalama7506]

When I was 15 and studying in Beirut, Lebanon I was placed on a Pan American evacuation flight during the 1967 Six Day War. My parents were in the USA and the Pan American flight attendant, Ursula (from Germany), took me under her guidance. Not only did she spend time with me on the flight from Beirut to Rome, she stayed with me until I was checked into the hotel and spoke via phone with my parents. I wrote to her over several years and she always wrote back. I know that was a different time but I still vividly remember her and the fantastic work Pan American did on the evacuation.

[@rickster100100]

That is the spirit and the people of Pan Am.

[@stankythecat6735]

Thank you for sharing that ! It’s a beautiful story ! It’s such a shame what happened to Beirut, it was so beautiful

[@servabo_fidem1449]

thank you so much for sharing your story with us.

[@MrAnniebaby]

My first ever flight was on Pan Am, back in 1965. Air travel was definitely more glamorous back in the day.

[@thomasgriffin8269]

I was 14 when I flew the first time on American Airlines in 1981. The flight Attendants were very professional and super fast serving the lunch service.. And endless soda the entire flight

[@asteverino8569]

I like the attention to cultural, language and appearance differences in people. All humans. Very 1959, but good.

[@robm3074]

This film was made over 60 years ago and what was shown and what was spoken should be applied to today's training. It should be applied to all airline training that goes on in today's world. The mission is the same. Take care of each other and take care of your passengers.

[@TravelingWithTravis]

This is one of the greatest things I’ve ever watched!

[@edkalegi6504]

Wow, at 1:58 a subtle gong sound effect upon the introduction of Mr. Suzuki. That wouldn't "fly" today.

[@sanitman1488]

I am extremely happy to be part of this once great company. Viewing this two things come to mind. 1 I was born in the wrong time. 2. There is no question this world today has deteriorated to point of no return ; people treat each other with contempt especially flying on any U.S. carrier !

[@andrealuvshouse]

I WAS born then. Women were not allowed on the flight deck as flight engineers or pilots. There were no female executives at the airlines. Women could *only* be “stewardesses”. And they were not paid fairly or treated fairly. Attention was paid to weight and appearance, not to ability to handle emergencies or aeronautical knowledge. And you never see black ppl in these old airline ads. That same male executive passenger being waited on by a woman? You’d never have seen those roles reversed back then like they are now. I think we’re a whole lot better off now than we were then.

[@sanitman1488]

@@andrealuvshouse You think wrong. You look at it as a politiclly correct 'woke' individual ! I look at it in terms of a U.S. society today in complete freefall of morality , compassion and decency ! Today you have transgender flight attendants masquerading as women flight attendants on JetBlue . United Airlines lowering it's 'cockpit' flight standards so the company can hire minorities in higher numbers bowing to the extremists at BLM/Antifa. Southwest flight attendant slapped accross the face by a unruly 'greyhound bus' passenger because she simply asked this thug to follow standard inflight instructions. JetBlue ticket agents treat you like your doing them the favor flying them etc etc etc.... Excuse me but Beautiful Singapore Airlines or Lufthansa female flight attendants continue to wait on male passengers so what is the problem 'Karen' ??? I think we were whole lot better as a society then than we are now ; a society decadent , filthy and corrupted.

[@curtischildress9580]

@@andrealuvshouse I agree. Women were 2nd class citizens in regular life and even more so with all airlines. Women were rudely harassed and even expected to submit to the whims of some overbearing pilots and male bosses. Female flight attendants were always hired on their appearance of beauty and were strictly told to maintain certain weight regulations. Male flight attendants were unheard of mostly due to most pilots and airline bosses being heterosexual with ulterior motives toward female attendants. Only certain present day airlines follow such biased practices while most other airlines are equal opportunity employers and offer a great deal of training so their workers relate well to each other and to the public.

[@sanitman1488]

@@curtischildress9580 Agree because you're another 'woke' individual whom has no clue of its implications of the lifestyle forced upon the general public today.. It's amazing to me how filth from a "certain group" permeates even on a forum about Pan American World Airways ! First of all Curtis get history straight not the political incorrect nonsense you are spewing here.. Women entered the work force in incredible numbers due to the Second World War ! If it wasn't for 'Rosie the Riveter' WOMEN in the factories building everything from B29 Superfortresses to Sherman tanks the outcome of the war would be completely different ! Women were 2nd class citizens ???? Yet these so called 2nd class citizens were lifted out of the Great Depression ! On the contrary , there were countless male flight attendants called 'stewarts' with many memoirs of their stories for 'imperial' airlines which don't describe the lies spewing here ! As well female flight attendants/stewardess.. "Certain present day airlines follow such biased practices" BIASED FOR WHOM ?? YOU and certain group !!! Ironically it is these very airlines to this very day offer the best product possible to the flying public while most other airlines ( U.S. carriers) are equal opportunity employers and offer the worst experience possible for the flying public ! Curtis keep believing you're false narrative.

[@banana9106]

@@andrealuvshouse You could be a female engineer on the ground though. One of my relatives is way past retirement and she and her husband both worked for Rolls Royce aero division, they were both involved in the design and testing of the turbines.

[@charlestrattler4395]

Incredible. Simply Incredible. Oh, back in the day. I would imagine this might have been the first modern sensitivity training. And it worked. When Pan~Am went defunct I was sad. cjt

[@thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767]

What a Stunningly Beautiful Filmstrip...Thank You for posting ❤️

[@guywill7875]

My parents took the family yo Barbados back in 1967 and again in 1968. We were given menus in coach. A choice of meals. Cocktails for the adults, Coloring books for the kids. Fed non stop.

[@kevinvilleneuve5030]

Airlines today should use this video for their training!

[@rickster100100]

I think Singapore and or emirates do use Pan Am flight attendant training tapes to train their own flight attendants. Must be the reason why they’re absolutely fabulous characters when it comes to onboard service. The Pan Am tradition lives on.

[@loveaodai100]

Very pleasant film indeed. And the aircraft engines were so silent back then!. The narrator has an accent particular to the forties and fifties which is now completely gone. The way he pronounces the word "world" for example is very similar to the way FDR pronounced the word. The guy complaining about the cold meal was lucky to get anything in economy. Last comments is a curiosity as to how a regular passenger got the address of the "stewardess" to send her flowers!!

[@jaysoncarter5093]

I started flying with Pan Am in 1974 at age 5 on the Pacific Route from San Francisco, and, LA to Samoa until they stopped flying there. I still LOVE Pan Am, they spoiled me so bad I dread flying 🙄🙄🙄🙄, unless it's Air New Zealand. But everything was so classy. They'd actually tuck the pillow in sometimes, and, OMG just so FABULOUS 🤩 for no reason at all. Just natural 🌞🌴🤙❤️

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Just so nice.

[@TheMrJourneyer]

This is absolutely fascinating. Thank you for uploading this!

[@wesmcgee1648]

Air travel was very expensive back then. Most people couldn't afford it.

[@charlestrattler4395]

103 was one of the first transatlantic flight numbers. It was retired in 1988 for obvious reasons.

[@abiwii16]

I wasn't alive back then, what happened in 1988?

[@erinjohnson1124]

@@abiwii16Pan Am 103 is on Wikipedia.

[@vladilenkalatschev4915]

The time when the traveling was something special

[@gereduardo1]

I cant imagine this service in present time, with masive transportation. Love it,

[@mitchg7809]

01:56 Annnd cue the “gong” sound effect. (I think that was law anytime an Asian person appeared on film)

[@tomservo5007]

I refuse to believe flight attendants and passengers acted this civil. I didn't hear one threat of physical violence or name calling

[@ballasog]

He's in first class, it looks like, on an intercontinental flight.

[@stuartlee6622]

Low fares brought low people.

[@dmitryostrovsky5763]

Oh, those were the days my friend, we'd thought the 1960's would never end. Today, only the rich that can afford FIRST CLASS get that kind of service. I really, really, really do miss you people that worked at Pan Am.

[@Explorersea]

amazing,,,,and showing a flight attendant in her bra, that was truly ground breaking

[@suhailshafi]

Fascinating. I never got to fly Pan Am, unfortunately.

[@HuplesCat]

You missed out. Wardair in Canada was as good. The best got taken out in the rush for money over quality

[@mmerkav]

And then she turned 25 and the airline fired her for being too old.

[@kennethchongweithart7905]

So back then Economy class meal was served cold? When did Economy Class pax get served hot meals? 70s and 80s? I had no idea that meals were cold...

[@andydporter5136]

With the invention of convection ovens in the late 1960s, I'm presuming.

[@ballasog]

I think there was some cold dish as part of the meal and he was in sour mood an looking for an excuse to complain.

[@kennethchongweithart7905]

@@ballasog 😂😂😂...

[@apl175]

I think the fact that it came from Maxim's of Paris probably made up for it.

[@straightpipediesel]

No hot food in economy was an international IATA rule during the regulation era. It started out as Tourist Class in 1952, where you had to buy your own cold food box. It became Economy Class in 1958 where only a cold sandwich was allowed. In fact, due to a dispute, IATA ruled that 2.5 cm2 of the bread had to be uncovered. I think it was the increasing jet travel in the mid-1960's, where planes didn't land few hours to refuel, that ended this.

[@mmerkav]

How did he get her address to send the flowers?!?!? Stalker!

[@vacationcruiser1899]

I know this was created in the 1950s but of all the flight numbers to pick they chose 103 Lockerbie oh the irony

[@straightpipediesel]

103 was London to New York, still the most important and highest revenue international route in US aviation. It was the route of British Airways BA1, with the Concorde and the later all-business A318.

[@fluffyfour]

Bit scary he knows where she lives!

[@sheilacampbell2521]

LoL I thought the beginning was a Twilight Zone movie.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dkpqzm]

It's like a television drama, only not the housewives of New Jersey.

[@markdc1145]

Today, Mr Thornhill would be led off the plane in handcuffs by authorities at the next stop.😄

[@ballasog]

She should have told Mr. Thornhill to look to his right.

[@drjhale9801]

When Tripp left the game changed these are 707s . Air Travel was much Different. 🎉

[@crlewis]

💙

[@AgentPepsi1]

How is it today?.... Fight attendant to passenger: Sit down in the seat and I don't care if your squished like a sardine... FA on intercom: Hear THIS.... HEAR NOW and UNDERSTAND me later: You will not speak unless spoken to; you will not leave your seat for any reason; you will not complain; you will not touch the call-button... if you do, you will be removed by the police on landing and charged with terrorism...😂😂😂

[@stuartlee6622]

Pan Am 103...??

[@lberg5575]

Are we concerned about how Mr Smith knew her address?

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally released in 1959.

[@PanAmMuseum]

Thank you! We updated!

[@fromthesidelines]

You're VERY welcome!

[@user-cc7vx7sw4z]

Of all flights, they chose flight 103. Interesting

[@charlestrattler4395]

I think it's it's odd too. 103 was the flight ....ugh...way after this. I'll Google it.

[@jessicahanson2409]

I noticed that too. How bizarre!

[@cheetajet320]

Pan Am's flight numbers usually never changed. Flight 103 was London to New York. Flight 107 was London to Washington Dulles. They kept those numbers for decades. The whole system. I worked for Pan Am in the last two years of their life.

[@7catsmom959]

Yes, I don't understand why they couldn't foresee what would happen almost 30 years later.

[@Sashazur]

Yes, I guess random coincidences do happen and can sometimes be mildly interesting.

[@jeanlucdrion1152]

Well today you would've made her uncomfortable and in the category of a potential stalker of stewardesses. How did you find out where i live ?

[@lapb5555]

I couldn’t even finish watching this. In 50 years of flying frequently it is soooo not anywhere near what I have experienced.

[@mynewyork165]

Why does she have spaces between her teeth?

[@bobbyrice]

Well, if women HAVE to be in the workplace, I suppose being a stewardess is an acceptable role.

[@curtischildress9580]

Women have the right to work in all types of jobs and this is a good thing to be fair for everyone who is capable of doing these jobs.

[@bobbyrice]

@@curtischildress9580 You forgot to mention that they're called "Flight Attendants" now and that the term "Stewardess" is outdated and could be offensive.

[@willnill7946]

@@bobbyrice how is it offensive, it’s simply the job of an attendant, your cruise ship has a steward

[@grease58]

@@bobbyrice OFFENSIVE.....yeah, I'd like to see a stewardess tell me why its offensive,

[@liuzhou]

Couldn't they afford a talented scriptwriter or real actors?