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55 years ago, you know, yesterday it feels like, my Company's Managing Director and founder (retired) would meet most aircraft at the airport, call me by my Christian name and it was polite to pass him an unused Newspaper from the Aircraft.
He could have remembered my name, but as I was very new???, but he had found out and used it.
I can vouch for the above comments, the golden age pre accountants, HR, Poo%$#s, and Hostesses who knew who and what they were and made great use of the differences.
The best has long gone.