Originally Posted by
Krystal n chips
only respectable people who got dressed up to fly, for reasons I've never understood, flew
My father was a diplomat, so didn't pay to fly, he was the exception rather than the rule - most people were shelling out a month's salary for even an intra-Europe flight. Also, flying was a novelty, new and exciting. People dressed up for it as they still do to go the opera.
An article I wrote for Listverse tries to capture the romance and excitement of flying in those days. The editors dumbed it down and introduced several errors, but they didn't entirely destroy the zeitgeist. Anyway, I got paid, which was the main thing. It's at
https://listverse.com/2020/05/11/top...age-of-flying/ .