"... And Linda, what would you do if a passenger annoyed you?"... Linda: "Open the door and push them out" ;) I love these videos. Well done Linda on saving these.
@LMReynolds2 жыл бұрын
You have me pegged 😂 So glad that people are enjoying them!
@WhatALoadOfTosca2 жыл бұрын
@@LMReynolds I really do Linda. O was telling the wife about you the other day. I said to her "I think this woman Linda just grabbed what she could on the way out the door as the creditors were knocking!" Lol. She found it hilarious!
@LMReynolds2 жыл бұрын
@@WhatALoadOfTosca That's just about right! LOL! In my office, I had file cabinets packed with training materials and boxes of videos. I salvaged only a little of it. The rest? Sad to say, it's lost forever.
@panampia Жыл бұрын
@LMReynolds as a JFK PAA Purser, 79-91, what you were able to salvage is a treasure. What was lost, brings me to tears.
@meandmyEV2 жыл бұрын
I’m worried for the safety of the woman that got the position over Linda. She better watch her back!
@der.Schtefan2 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA
@porschekaiwi91042 жыл бұрын
And we all can guess why Linda was on reserve.
@LMReynolds2 жыл бұрын
Rightly so, although I was in a much better mood on that flight (but working on a plan to throw Cindy out of the galley on the return)😂
@LMReynolds2 жыл бұрын
@@porschekaiwi9104 That's funny! But for a very long time, Pan Am had rotating reserve, so that even very senior flight attendants would be assigned a month of reserve on occasion.
@meandmyEV2 жыл бұрын
@@LMReynolds I was thinking you were just being nice to lull the others into a false sense of security. Thank you for making these. I am guessing your didn’t know you would become a sensation!
@bull34402 жыл бұрын
I think being a flight attendant takes more skill than what people think. I mean you look at this meeting here and you really have to have it together to follow and pay attention what everyone is doing. So many procedures and everything has to go right. It's so much more than serving soda and snacks.
@BDRZN7 ай бұрын
As flight attendant, you are SOOOO correct!! :)
@scottnichols3685 Жыл бұрын
My boyfriend in the late 80s was a young Pan Am flight attendant based at LAX. I visited the Pan Am hangar often where these briefings occurred. We were both very young and everything was an adventure.
@ballasog2 жыл бұрын
This flight took off on May 1, 1986. "A Chorus Line" premiered on December 20, 1985, and "Money Pit" on March 26, 1986. Both of those would have been released for in-flight showing by May 1, 1986.
@DVincentW2 жыл бұрын
The Money pit.. funny funny movie.
@BabyWho143 Жыл бұрын
Wow this is amazing and Flight Attendants are awesome. I've always had so much respect and admiration for flight attendants and now I know why. ✈️💙⭐
@rapman57912 жыл бұрын
Linda has some attitude The words out that she is the galley queen 👸
@LMReynolds2 жыл бұрын
Ah, you've seen my evil side lol
@rapman57912 жыл бұрын
@@LMReynolds you know it lol
@qjb752 жыл бұрын
What a civilised preflight briefing hehe I remember those days. The Chief Purser really set the tone for the enitre TOD. I remember calling in sick for 2 or 3 flights because the assigned CP was awlful! Of course today preflights are very different thanks to technology!
@brianscott89362 жыл бұрын
crew makes a trip
@jeanlucdrion11529 ай бұрын
Goodness , im already getting stressed out and i haven't even borded the darn plane yet. Heaven forbid any personality clashes or embarrassing mental blocks being randomly quizzed infront of strangers practically and maybe humiliated .I sure hope the pay and benefits are worth all that stress. Good Grief the glamor sure went out the window fast watching this video. Then i get to the cabin and have some jerk passenger giving me a hard time. I think i am too old now to go through all of that.
@jeanlucdrion11529 ай бұрын
A men.This job is not for someone who wants a bit of space to work without someone hovering over them nit-picking.
@buddyrevell63692 жыл бұрын
Linda getting written up was a reality check on her attitude.
@kevinivers2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Anita.
@suhailshafi2 жыл бұрын
This is a very informative and fascinating pre flight review. I think the job of a flight attendant is an interesting mix of service and safety related issues. On the other hand, I do think nowadays much more of the work is probably computerized. The flight attendants appear to be the model of professionalism.
@ianforsyth26922 жыл бұрын
Anita, the German speaking flight attendant is probably translating, "Sit down, buckle up, and shut up..." into perfect German.
@bruceshemrock9060 Жыл бұрын
Um. I am NOT getting language pay on this trip. So. Uh. No.
@atomsmash1002 жыл бұрын
Perfect uniforms and accessories.
@Whtmt Жыл бұрын
My God!!! I’m tired after just watching! I couldn’t imagine doing all that every day! 😬😮💨
@mrtodd36202 жыл бұрын
This is very comprehensive. Do pursers always have such a grasp of everyone's names? They are amazing. I hope that today's cabin environment is more paperless with more technology.
@MsTimelady712 жыл бұрын
Right. I'm not sure today, all FAs would know what languages every passenger speaks.
@kevinvilleneuve50302 жыл бұрын
Yes, I know everyone’s names as a purser. There is less paperwork now, but some things still have to be on paper. At American in the 1980s, we were more technologically advanced than Pan Am, I think. Every crew member could access the aircraft type, subfleet and aircraft number, it was included in the printout of the crew list. One quirk at American, positions were and still are assigned when you bid for your trips each month, so there are few surprises when you get on the plane. At Delta, they determine positions during the briefing.
@mrtodd36202 жыл бұрын
@@kevinvilleneuve5030 You must have a great memory! The FA youtube videos I've seen always show the person talking about their future flight and what position they will have, they can also see lots of information on their phone.
@kevinvilleneuve50302 жыл бұрын
@@mrtodd3620 That’s what the current technology has, either on your own phone or the iPhone provided by the company. Most people don’t bother printing out much anymore, if at all. I still keep a printed copy, just in case.
@TheydyGodivaАй бұрын
@kevinvilleneuve5030 DL aren't the only ones who do it that way. At NK, we do it the same way and assign positions at crew brief. Funny enough, it's the senior folks who usually want to work in the back so it's the junior FAs who usually get stuck flying Lead.
@IAD_Flyer2 жыл бұрын
The briefing talks about different movies in different zones of the aircraft. How did that work? If there were available seats could paxs move around to watch a different movie?
@andrewphillips45082 жыл бұрын
6 vcr players
@Sashazur2 жыл бұрын
It was ok to move to a different vacant seat as long as it was in the same (or lower) class. There could be a different movie in first class vs. coach or it might start at a different time.
@dv12162 жыл бұрын
They didn’t mention crew breaks!! Very important on international flights.
@tomservo5007Ай бұрын
Bob works the back cabin, no surprise there
@BenPanced2 жыл бұрын
Ooo! I'm getting the hamburger meal I ordered!
@Zickcermacity2 жыл бұрын
1:35 - that the aircraft is "??"-equipped?
@Sashazur2 жыл бұрын
It sounded like cart or card.
@Zickcermacity2 жыл бұрын
@@Sashazur Isn't anything from a G8 and up cart-equipped? Why wouldn't a 747 have food carts?
@straightpipediesel2 жыл бұрын
@@ZickcermacityStarting on the 747s, first class got a series of serving carts, which would be set up in flight. They'd have a caviar cart and have a roast beef cart that they'd cut right at the seat. This is how most airlines do first today. Also, Pan Am walked economy meal trays from the galley until 1976.
@rhs29312 жыл бұрын
@@straightpipediesel We still had a few module 747s where we had to run trays in the 80s. Had to be careful pulling the trays out so that the top one wouldn't scrape off the dessert topping on the bottom tray. Invariably some dinner rolls on the tray would fall off onto the galley floor too. LOL! I'd do it all over again. What a phenomenal time for a kid in his twenties.
@joelfeuer6192 жыл бұрын
when did airlines stop weighing their flight attendants?
@kevinvilleneuve50302 жыл бұрын
At American, it was around 1995.
@classicalroach2 жыл бұрын
I dunno but most US flight attendants really embrace the whole body positivity thing if you know what I mean lol. That being said, on the other extreme are Asian airline flight attendants who probably max out at 100 lbs. They look so frail, I think I’d prefer to have a big mama around to haul my ass off a downed aircraft any day….. Don’t you dare reply me anything about racism or fat shaming, thanks! ^_^
@gatekeeperphx500813 күн бұрын
Southwest 1995
@1Rdby9 күн бұрын
Delta early 94.
@TailsTheTwoTailedFox2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully David didn’t become Mr Upper Deck on that flight.
@JasonFlorida2 жыл бұрын
Legend has it that he hasn't come down... he is still on the upper deck!
@PK-hc8wu2 жыл бұрын
5:51 Anita is not happy with that assignment.🤣
@mctairgrant41522 жыл бұрын
Look at how innocent Linda sounds 😂
@LMReynolds2 жыл бұрын
hahahaha
@grassytramtracks7 ай бұрын
If you're not planning on pushing people out of the door, wait until the target passenger goes to the lavatory and instruct the pilot to do some rollercoaster dives, that should teach them. Only problem, it does require pilot co-operation, your results may vary. It is genuinely one of my worst fears on a plane, sudden turbulence in the toilet @@LMReynolds
@LMReynolds6 ай бұрын
@@grassytramtracks Aside from the injury perspective, can you just imagine wearing all that gross gunk? Yech 😐
@grassytramtracks6 ай бұрын
@@LMReynolds nasty indeed but it serves that lady right for smoking in your jumpseat
@tom4streamАй бұрын
No sound
@NMeyer02 жыл бұрын
Linda Reynolds! I heard she's a troublemaker!
@timothywilliams96782 жыл бұрын
If someone messes with her clipper class galley, there will be big trouble! I wonder how she got to be on reserve?
@johnlahti17272 жыл бұрын
@@timothywilliams9678 Clearly a jacket and/or sweater was worn over an apron.
@nohaylamujer2 жыл бұрын
@@johnlahti1727 hahahahahaha!!!!
@LMReynolds2 жыл бұрын
You heard correctly LOL
@LMReynolds2 жыл бұрын
@@timothywilliams9678 Most airlines assign reserve to the most junior flight attendants, but Pan Am had a rotating reserve that was all-inclusive -- much to the annoyance of senior F/As.
@jlo79722 жыл бұрын
Was the senior purser played by Jennifer Aniston?
@LMReynolds2 жыл бұрын
All of the "actors" in these videos were Pan Am flight attendants and training instructors at the Pan Am Flight Academy in Miami. If Jennifer Anniston had worked for Pan Am, she would have been the most junior flight attendant on the payroll! :-)
@brucegately8312 жыл бұрын
That Joanne was considered the most beautiful stewardess in the world for most of the 80's. And smart, too.
@rpenmark17762 жыл бұрын
I am curious, was this ‘paid’ time ? Or,only paid when onboard and doors closed ?
@Eric22212 жыл бұрын
When the doors are closed and the brakes are released
@adrianatkins31283 ай бұрын
@@Eric2221no, not with bigger airlines in those days. They would have been getting paid for this time and that’s still the case apart from low cost airlines
@BryanAit-ouaret7 ай бұрын
Linda the best flight attendant of PanAm 😂
@chasenip22 жыл бұрын
True story. My airline used to fly (seasonly) JFK-AMS on a '47-400. It was a junior trip cuz the senior mamas did JFK-NRT, AMS was only worth about 15 hrs. All of us were around the same seniority. I was usually able to hold door 5 either L or Rt...that way I didn't have to look at any pax(I only saw the backs of their heads) or say good bye to anyone on landing and I would read and eat my crew meal on the 45 minute 18:00 taxi at JFK. One particular briefing a f/a announced "I have a bottle of Flush if anyone needs it". Yup! That was the NYC base!!!! U can google what flush is. BTW...I needed it on the return flt landing in JFK. GOOD TIMES!!!!!
@yt741012 жыл бұрын
what's flush nothing comes up on google
@chasenip22 жыл бұрын
@@yt74101 I see it's long gone. Back around 2000 GNC had a hideous viscous-y like drink called FLUSH. You chugged in as fast as you can. About the size of a one handed gatorade, you then filled it to the top with water and pound that. Wait 15 min and repeat that. And it was to clean any unwanted (or illegal) substances in your body. IDK if it was the FLUSH or cuz the airline didn't send in every drug test cuz of cost. BUT....I kept my job. (and didn't learn a lesson)
@Sashazur2 жыл бұрын
Is it some kind of hangover cure? That’s the best I could figure out…
@bradowen7612 жыл бұрын
Is flush something to drink for passing a drug test?
@qjb752 жыл бұрын
Door 5 was my all time favourite position on the 747 for the exact same reasons lol
@SammyReed-cd4cuАй бұрын
I thought a pre-flight briefing was just to give pilots a weather report. That's what I get for watching too much "AM Weather". 😆
@B1900pilot10 ай бұрын
It’s a reminder of how much coordination and communication is required to crew these airplanes…
@edwardhale42942 жыл бұрын
never liked the dark business suit uniforms. The white blouse and light blue skirts of the 60s were cool
@seand27112 жыл бұрын
David is familiar with telling people to grab their ankles and assume the position. I wanted Linda to get stuck working cattle coach class in the back.
@johnlahti17272 жыл бұрын
That did just kind of roll off his tongue, didn’t it?
@JasonFlorida2 жыл бұрын
Well that's his favorite position
@zms80922 жыл бұрын
Nobody: Anita: “sure, ok.”
@WhatALoadOfTosca2 жыл бұрын
Anita: "Don't pick me, don't pick me".
@richardbarrett72362 жыл бұрын
What are the meal choices in coach? 😛
@Sashazur2 жыл бұрын
🐓 or 🐟 but actually 🧽 either way
@ingerreeves48122 жыл бұрын
Beef or cow?
@LMReynolds2 жыл бұрын
Typically, but not always, 50% beef, 40% chicken, 10% fish ... prepared in a variety of ways by a variety of international caterers. Sometimes pasta was available ... and popular!
@airodyssey6 ай бұрын
@@LMReynolds That reminds me of another Pan Am training video where the flight attendant offered either chicken Provençale or lasagna, and when asked by the passenger to pick their favourite, she answered "The lasagna is rather popular... I like it!"
@LMReynolds6 ай бұрын
@@airodyssey And there you have it!
@daveholt21577 ай бұрын
As a former F/A from 1984-1995 (Don't you with you could see the real briefing) hahahahaha none of mine went like this EVER hahahah
@WhatALoadOfTosca2 жыл бұрын
"Let's maintain our grooming standards this flight... Not looking at you David..." ;)
@chrislaplante50402 жыл бұрын
DId meetings like this really happen before every flight? Do they still?
@ahsram51342 жыл бұрын
I wish…no since ‘merger madness’ we adopted the acquired carrier’s ‘scramble at the gate’ method & sometimes don’t know the names of FA’s at other end of aircraft till later in flight. It’s just greeeaattt… (Work positions are assigned when scheds are awarded ea month).
@tom_nz6002 жыл бұрын
At QF we still have briefings like this, however managers typically assign crew positions depending on their category (e.g Flight Attendant/BusinessFirst Class Flight Attendant)
@jjinnyc752 жыл бұрын
Wow. To think these people are in their 60s and 70s now.
@aliendeer12942 жыл бұрын
Hamburger meal? Sounds good....why only one request?
@Sashazur2 жыл бұрын
Maybe nobody knew it was an option. Until recently I only knew you could get vegetarian or kosher but there are actually a lot of choices. Maybe hamburger was available for kids who didn’t want to eat anything else!
@peterssynthetics-independe67866 күн бұрын
Just dont order the fish lol
@johhue2 жыл бұрын
Senior Pursor: "OK today, I want one of you to initiate a huge food fight after getting everyone sufficiently drunk"
@billlevins74602 жыл бұрын
The flight attendant in the thumbnail is such a beautiful woman.
@andrewphillips45082 жыл бұрын
Smoking on board how exciting
@mynewyork1652 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that really stinks. And there's smoking in flipper & first class. Passengers pay all that $ & they still have to risk having smoke blown on them! Horrible.
@andrewphillips45082 жыл бұрын
@@mynewyork165 by gone age
@Sashazur2 жыл бұрын
“I’m Linda Reynolds and I will cut you if you get in my way”
@blanchelincoln10 ай бұрын
A Chorus Line and the Money Pit??? What awful selections. I'll bet some of the audience walked out...😊
@canyonoverlook99372 жыл бұрын
Seniority is the proper way to do things as well as pay. Everybody knows what people make the way I understand it. They don't pay new people more the way they do at many companies.
@straightpipediesel2 жыл бұрын
It's actually the opposite. Some airlines have an old and new contract, where new crew were paid less and got less benefits, BA for one. Mergers also make a mess, AA was one of the worst when they had ex-AA, ex-US, and ex-AWE contracts going on at once. And then there were lawsuits cause US was an older airline than AWE, so one side wanted to merge keeping seniority dates, one side wanted to zipper.
@thumbun37692 жыл бұрын
A Chorus Line -- I want my money back!!!
@michanone88832 жыл бұрын
Wait what?! They used to have hamburger meals??
@charlieboy772 жыл бұрын
So did American until the early 00's. You could preorder a hamburger meal, a hot dog meal, a fried chicken meal and a great American breakfast meal as the main meal service from the list of special meals when flying in Economy 👍
@megansalt Жыл бұрын
these poor women had to wear 2 inch heals
@ThatBearHasMoxie28 күн бұрын
What a demanding "it rhymes' with witch" as a Senior Purser. Do you want your team to grab the Mop N' Glow and give the cabin a once over too? Sheesh. No wonder Pan Am went bankrupt.
@nephi50592 жыл бұрын
Boy, Linda must have lottsa enemies,30 years later. Yeah, I was FA. on domestic and international, never got used to the insane people who work in airline industry. Maybe it's cause most hung over. O brother.
@stevebennet65392 жыл бұрын
I don't know why, but airlines attract all the crazy people.. especially Cabin Crew. So many undiagnosed/unmedicated crew members out there.
@GarboMystique2 жыл бұрын
Linda gives nasty looks to everybody.
@PAS_2020 Жыл бұрын
Mid 1980s - and it’s evident America was working DEI. 40 years ago. Why are we beating ourselves up so badly 2023?
@Saul_Goodman7723 ай бұрын
Man. She is obsessed with FICA and currency conversion. Give it a break!
@boredmillionaire99142 жыл бұрын
and men, be careful with Patient Zero. CDC advised us he's laying over in London. Please use protection.
@martin74642 жыл бұрын
Gate evuleven
@zms80922 жыл бұрын
🤣 🤣 🤣 ☠️
@slytherin30342 жыл бұрын
F-11
@classicalroach2 жыл бұрын
A hamburger meal? Lmao
@paulrom44615 күн бұрын
Good Crew Pairings are a real Blessing! 🎩 Top down service 🐕🦺 is the goal at all times!