Thanks for posting this OGI.
I remember on pretty much every flight I went on as a kid pre 9/11 trying to get up to the front. Most of the time they were very accommodating...
Jumpseat ride at night into MEL in a QF 762, jumpseat ride into MEL in a QF 734, and plenty of other visits back in the TN days, A300 and 733/734. Also remember a visit to the big brown expanse of a brand spanking new KLM 744 too, I had to go with other kids - they knew sweet F.A about what they were looking at but I was cluey... I could pick a 744 from a mile off with the upper deck and winglets..
But yep, they're all etched in the memory. Now i've just gotta try and get a job working there...