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[godi]

So true! 🤣

[SoCal Bred]

Also, wasn't the dress attire when flying more classier than today's get up and go look?

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@SoCal Bred wrote:

Also, wasn't the dress attire when flying more classier than today's get up and go look?

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Indeed! Flying was a most enjoyable event. People in general dressed with more class and were more put together than today.

[ECBG]

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@SoCal Bred wrote:

Also, wasn't the dress attire when flying more classier than today's get up and go look?

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@SoCal Bred 

Wasn't the dress EVERYWHERE better than today's "I'm going to be comfortable" look???

[phoenixbrd]

Yup....and I'm not so sure about the ice in the coke!  

[ScrapHappy]

I flew in October.  From Southeast to Northeast.  Almost 2 hours.  I got a very small bag of pretzels and a handi-wipe from the stewardess when I came onto the plane.  No beverages offered and this was first class.

[chrystaltree]

Omg. Funny but true. People dressed in their best clothes to fly and it was an upscale experience. Being a flight attendant, called stewardess back then, was glamorous like being a model or an actress. Now they are waitresses or waiters in ugly polyester uniforms.

[Gorgf]

@chrystaltree. I can remember in High School  in the early 70s thinking about the glamour with good looking men to date "Coffee,Tea, or Me" was a book we read. Movies also depicted Stews that were attractive and glamous.

I sat next to a retired Flight Attendant in her 80s on a trip a few years ago. She told me when she was working she had to sign a contract that allowed her to work  only until age 25. Many  female teachers were let go as soon as married in those days also. 

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@Gorgf wrote:

@chrystaltree. I can remember in High School  in the early 70s thinking about the glamour with good looking men to date "Coffee,Tea, or Me" was a book we read. Movies also depicted Stews that were attractive and glamous.

I sat next to a retired Flight Attendant in her 80s on a trip a few years ago. She told me when she was working she had to sign a contract that allowed her to work  only until age 25. Many  female teachers were let go as soon as married in those days also. 

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My first teaching job began in January back in the '60's. I replaced a teacher who was pregnant. The policy dictated that a teacher had to leave at the end of the semester in which she became pregnant.

i remember when a stewardess had to maintain a certain weight. If they became too heavy they could face dismissal if they did not lose the weight.