>>1914635you cannot possibly comprehend how great it was
>flag carriers are the pride of the nation>pilots are all consummate professionals with years of experience, most ex-military, with a fantastic payscale and a pension waiting for them >aircraft are all brand new, state of the art with comfortable seats and enough elbow room for most people>stewardesses are all young, beautiful, friendly and charming, bringing you entire meals and alcohol for free>flying was a special occasion, so everyone was well dressedmeanwhile:
>DoT and White House actively root against the success of your industry>pilots have endured triple-whammy of 9/11, 2009, and COVID, and have given so many contract concessions that they would need a 40%+ pay raise to get back to where they were at Contract 2000>aircraft are all 15+ year old regurgitations of even older designs with plastic interiors, most people don't even bother opening the window shades as they fixate on the latest goyslop on the blue screens in front of their faces, seats are barely wide enough for the average person and pitch has steadily been marching back to the point you're going to be touching SOMEBODY, as the airline tries to stuff as much cattle into the cabin as possible>flight attendants are all either angry faggots or elderly hamplanets, all of them have an attitude problem and can barely do the basic function of handing you half a can of coke, god forbid you have to actually ditch the jet; seniority rules keep anyone younger than 40 out of desirable bases and trips so enjoy Flavio and Grandma Louise>pax are all unruly and feral, bringing yellow pillows from home and carry-out from the airport Chili's in their fucking cookie monster pajamas as they ignore safety briefings to post inane snapchat updatesi would literally chop my testicles off with a rusty butter knife to fly for Pan Am in the 60's
