A&P @ Cargo Carrier Written by Guest on 2008-08-06 20:58:43Just about to hit my 22nd year as mechanic. This is the seventh job in a profession that is constantly dummied down by mgmt people who barely understand aircraft. Pilots, mechanics and flt attendants are always blamed when an airline fails but the fat cats at the top never seem to walk away broke. Can't wait to get out for good.
Those were the Days~ Written by Guest on 2008-07-08 11:30:59I retired from DL on July 1st after 23 years. I started at 20 and thought my entire work life would be spent at Delta, but unfortunately, times change as so has the airline industry. It's just no fun any more! Wish me luck! I still need a job!
UAL retired 2003 Written by Guest on 2008-06-06 09:44:3640+years of a wonderful career! Children decided to follow in their parents footsteps but quickly learned it's not the same. Waiting for their second furlough notice because of mismanagement,greed and fuel costs!
TWA the best! Written by Guest on 2008-06-04 19:22:40So sorry to have seen two of the greatest airlines go out of business. TWA and Pan American. Deregulations was not the answer and the airlines will never be the same.
TWA retired Written by Guest on 2008-06-01 17:54:02How times have changed ~
Would be nice to see passengers dress that way again.
Written by Guest on 2008-05-29 08:11:11Brought back so many memories ... I began my airline career in 1961 with United Airlines and spent 36 great years with the "best" airline. So much has changed since deregulation and 9/11, and now with the high cost of fuel [remember when the problems were the high cost of union contracts?]. Everytime I fly, I miss working in the industry. I, too, miss the old days!
MM
Joe N,..retired ual on 3/30/02 Written by Guest on 2008-05-28 09:04:0640 yrs at ual,loved the earlier years before deregulation,after that we went to hell in a hand baset,thanks to the pbgc i still have a pension.Was in cust svc and Ramp....The best people to work with but Mgt. sucked....
Retired airline historian Written by Guest on 2008-05-28 00:53:26"From Barnstormers to Robber Barons". That should be the title of the definitive history of U.S. commercial aviaition...a tale of hardy, visionary pioneers who loved to fly and serve the public, pushed aside by money-hungry corporate vampires who would squeeze the last drop of milk from a sick cow. Or, should the book title be "From Silk Parachutes to Golden Parachutes"?
Written by Guest on 2008-05-27 15:10:08Been there done that and enjoyed every minute. We had pride then and did not mind working for a living. I did not enter the airline industry(when Delta purchased C&S) until 9/12/1958, but it was great. Miss the ole days and the old buds.
Nice Aviation History Written by Guest on 2008-05-26 10:38:583 generations of airline employees in my family. My dad worked for C&S/Delta for 42 years; I worked for Southern/Republic/Northwest for 31 years, and my son is currently employed by Air Tran. Love to fly!!!! It's the only way to travel and the best place to work!!!!
AJM Written by Guest on 2008-05-26 06:41:33Worked in this now almost non-existant trade for 40 years. Never knew I had to know so much. To bad I never got paid for all that I had to know. Oh well at least I worked while we still had pride in the job we did and had a management team that cared about the company and its employees and the passengers. Not like the money hungry greedy people they call management now.
Flight Girl Written by Guest on 2008-05-25 10:40:13
Lucky to have been there and done that! Would do it all over again.
LOL The smiling Hostess! Written by Guest on 2008-05-24 08:14:12That's hillarious... A hostess must be a person of charm, as well as capability... she must be healthy, single, and between the ages of 21 and 28... between 5ft 2" and 5ft 6" in height, and of normal weight. Talk about discrimination!
Bob Wright Written by Guest on 2008-05-23 18:07:15Went to San Diego after high school for poverty reasons. Lived with sister and we both worked at "Convair" trying to make the 880-990 stay together. In my dept. we made the fuel control and the windows. Quit after one year and went to LAX to get on with Delta at a salary of $305,00 per month. I probably could have borrowed that much from friends. Jack Williams was station manager at the time, and after about three weeks of walking a mile to work I asked Mr. Williams could I go to San Diego as they were getting the 880. He asked me all about the aircraft, like could I open the doors, could I fuel it if need be. Thant God LAT had that contract. Can you imagine working for $325.00 in Los Angeles. Leon Wright and several others said they were losing $200.00 per month while there and I was single. The most interestering job I had was watching the 880's and 990's do there thing at Lindberg field. We had a supervisor that asked T.Ball could he ride with them to accept delivery of ship 916. He want do that again. It was a trip for 34 years.
audrey apple Written by Guest on 2008-05-23 16:49:40I enjoyed the vido..reminded me of my 42 year career with LCA/AL/US..from radio/teletype/flight control clerk/reservations. It was an exciting time, a family like atmosphere and we all get together after all these years..the last reunion was 2007.
Written by Guest on 2008-05-22 17:09:05Great.
Roger K. Myers Written by Guest on 2008-05-20 18:28:29I was employed by Chicago & Southern Airlines on June 17, 1947 as a Station Agent at Fort Wayne, Indiana. I survived the next forty four years, experiencing 5 mergers, and worked in nine other stations. I was a WWII Bombardier in B-24 Aircraft I am the curator of the Greater Fort Wayne Aviation Museum.
Roger
Doug Neely Written by Guest on 2008-05-20 16:58:46Wow, even before my beginning, 1950 No computers. Basic pay was $190 a month, about a buck an hour. In those days you could almost get on every flite, even with families, and air lines made money. Now can't use passes, flights are full, but companies don't make much money.
Written by Guest on 2008-05-20 12:58:55how I miss the good old days of airline travel
sfar505 Written by Guest on 2008-05-20 06:15:00Thank Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy for ruining a ONCE GREAT INDUSTRY with the AIRLINE DERUGULATION ACT. The Labor Unions thinks the sunsets on the DEMOCRATS yet they are responsible taking down the Airline Unions and in the process losing thousands of jobs in that Industry. Very sad to see what happened to the Airlines and it all started with Derugulation.
Written by Guest on 2008-03-14 15:18:17remember these days?
RETIRED Written by Guest on 2008-01-08 20:21:59WHAT A JOKE WORKED FOR TWA 33 YRS. GOT SCREWED BY BILL COMPTON WHO TOOK THE MONEY AND RAN
Rich (Gag) Gaglianone, Line Mech.TWA, PH Written by Guest on 2007-12-27 00:17:32 The '60s-70s were the good ole days.
Written by Guest on 2007-12-21 09:02:02
Western Airlines/Seaboard Written by Guest on 2007-11-10 08:57:17Anyone remember? My mom Emily Stonitsch worked 26 years @JFk.Growing up in the skies was a fantastic childhood with great memories my brother and I will always remember.
Jackie Stonitsch Berghorn
Written by Guest on 2007-10-16 20:06:47
Loophole Written by Guest on 2007-08-28 14:44:54Nostalgia can really kick you in the pants when you try to compare the old days of airline flying with the backbiting present. It is simply sad to reflect on the glory days when flying as an airline pilot was a pleasure and was genuinely fun, as compared with today's industry. What a shame. A once proud industry, attracting flight crews of the highest caliber, now has become something considerably different. What a shame.
Bob Malone LtCol (USAF Ret) rEAL Pilot
An Industry Before Its Trashing Written by Guest on 2007-08-24 08:08:38Before the pencil-pushers hired to mind the office rose to power, became predatory. Back when pilots were compensated for the unique aspects of their profession. It's sad, how the business was so degraded. Now, regional pilots qualify for food stamps, captains at major airlines encourage kids to enter other fields.
The '60s-70s were the good ole days.