Flight Attendants Share What It Was Like to Work on an Airplane During the Golden Age of Air Travel

The so-called Golden Age of air travel seems just about as mythical as Westeros in 2019, but there was a time when flying was considered glamorous, exclusive, and much more expensive than it is today.

Before airline deregulation came along in the late 1970s, carriers like Pan Am, Eastern, and Trans World Airlines (TWA) jetted high-flyers around the world in sleek, comfortable planes, their every need serviced by runway-ready flight attendants (martinis included).

Economy class didn’t exist before the 1950s, the alcohol was free flowing and you could smoke on board.

But is such misty-eyed nostalgia misplaced? Mark Ellwood from Conde Naste Traverler asked former flight attendants to share their memories of what it was really like to work on an airplane during that halcyon era—from tinfoil uniforms to 10 day layovers on an isolated tropical island…

Read what they told Ellwood, I Was a Flight Attendant During the Golden Age of Travel

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