In the 70's, a good buddy's full time job was the night security at a "TWATC," TWA Training Center. 2 or 3 times a week I had to cum over and help him make it through the night. Non-stop "training" from the time I got there, until I left at 6 AM. Great times.

Regarding all this talk about how people dress now on planes and how they dressed up back in the good old days: People should dress for a possible emergency; that they didn't back then was just one more example of the ignorance that existed in the past. There were actually way more accidents in the 50s and 60s too. Try going down an emergemcy slide in high heels or bare feet if you take them off. And you don't want to have pantyhose on (stockings in the old days) if you get burned in a fire or have to run through one.

Northwest Airlines was once a great Airline before they were destroyed by managements efforts to make war against their own employees. As in when they locked out their own aircraft repair Techs. and it became a scab airline. It was downhill after that for that airline.

Pan Am, Braniff and TWA were around when airline travel was civil, enjoyable and fun. Now, we have to almost strip down to our underwear to pass through security. It takes hours longer when we depart and when we arrive, particularly internationally, at our destination.

It would be nice, as well, if our fellow travelers would be a bit more courteous to one another. I recently flew, business class, from JFK to Rome. The couple in front of me, pushed their seats back so far that their heads were in my lap. I found out, during the flight, that they were Delta employees, flying for free. Beyond that, a man took off his shoes and obviously had not washed his socks in a very long time. The entire cabin had the aroma of smelly socks. It takes so little to be polite and considerate of our fellow travelers. Why are basic manners considered passè?

I bet that was a interesting time back then, where women who were stewardesses, wore skirts and looked like runway models. Now, we have homo stewards, and women who don't look like models, and wear pants.

Geez, and I was actually hoping to view photos of Stewardesses in training and not the Airline Terminal...

I remember as a child flying back and forth over the pacific in the 50's and always liked it. The pilots and the stews were kid friendly, the seats were big and comfortable and we are talking long flights on prop driven aircraft. Dad was in the FAA (CAA back then) and stationed on Guam so the flight to Hawaii from Guam was as long as the flight from Hawaii to Burbank so we had a layover. Jet travel in the late 60's was smaller but still nice and people did not show up in flip flops and shorts. Attire was proper (exception for hippies) and people were nice and friendly. Then the 90's came and seats were (are) small and tight and ammenities started getting smaller to now non existant. TWA, Pan Am were the popular airlines and Continental wasn't bad either. Wish the old days were back again.

My sister was a flight attendant from 1958 til 1966. (In those days they were called "stewardesses"......I remember her telling me they would make the "girls" snap their girdles to prove they were wearing one. Their hair could be not be past their collar and there were strict rules on how much they could weigh. Still, she loved the job.

The women in these photos are still working - for Air Canada.

Comfortable seats,free drinks,decent meals,movies,pleasant employees,affordable fares,no hassles in the terminal----------whats not to like. I am glad I got to experiance it all.

this was back when flying was fun, especialy to europe. i remember getting steak and lobster in coach with unlimited champagne, and the stewardeses as they were called back then were all freindly and attractive. men used to actually wear ties on a plane. good memories. now you get searched and groped and thrown some warm diet coke and a bag of peanuts.

When I saw the headline and picture my first thought was eith stewardes or playboy bunny.
I believe back then the criteria was actually the same.

I used to get annoyed when people thought that :"Flight Attendant Appearance" on the in-flight passenger survey form meant an appraisal on whether they were pretty enougb. What "appearance" meant was did their uniforms and blouses appear clean and pressed....did they appear to be in good working condition; clean, neat hair, clean hands and fingernails, shoes should look clean and polished, they should not look ill, hungover, etc., if they elected to wear polish, it should not be chipped, no inappropriate jewelry to detract from the iconic look of the uniform. In that respect "appearance" was very important and if held to standards rendered women in these jobs professionally attractive and gave the appearance of competence.

I worked for TWA for 27 years and to this day the TWA terminal (flight center) at JFK remains a paragon of architechtural grace and glamour. Just walking through it to catch a flight you had the feeling of walking into a world beyond the ordinary. Of course, there are some fabulous flight terminals today but that TWA terminal at JFK was unique in its day and still remains a beauty. I hope it will not be torn down.