As one who flew sublo on Pan Am very frequently in the 60s/70s (internally, across the pond and elsewhere) I can vouch for the relative emptiness of the cabin on those internal legs of international flights - many of the passengers having disembarked at the first point of landing in the U.S. to be replaced by not a single fare payer.
This was just great for sublo kids like me trying to hitch a ride ...... not so good for the health of the airline, in competition with those not equally bound.
PAA was killed by regulatory/political fiat, nothing less, nothing more.
DaveD: Very nice summary of the long decline and fall - I remember it well myself.
All the best to you.
Last edited by SDFlyer; 27th Feb 2010 at 20:18.