Out of the Clouds v. Airline
Caught the old movie Out of the Clouds on Talking Pictures TV yesterday - a glimpse into the ways of airline travel from London Airport in the early '50s with polite staff, hostesses who spoke the Queen's English et al. Of course the real stars were the BOAC Constellation and Stratocruiser and the BEA Viscount....
But during the ad breaks, I switched over to Airline on another channel. The true awfulness of LoCo airline travel with rude orange women yelling at passengers in harsh Scouse accents, over-booked flights etc. etc was only too evident.
What an interesting contrast - but how have we let airline travel deteriorate to its present level? Holiday charter flights (with BCal and their lovely ladies!) back in the 1970s were more upmarket than current LoCo scheduled flights....