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xchrom

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3. the experience really was rather grand back in the day.

Reply to bemildred (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 07:33 AM

Nov 2013

i remember pan am and united when it was an absolute delight.

airlines seemed genuinely delighted to have you as a passenger.

not, as it seems today, as a problem to be solved.

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Skyway Robbery: 6 Ways the Out-of-Control Airline Industry Is Ripping Off America [View all] xchrom Nov 2013 OP

After many times having airlines delay flights, 53tammy Nov 2013 #1

This is why I never fly. bemildred Nov 2013 #2

the experience really was rather grand back in the day. xchrom Nov 2013 #3

Well, I didn't suffer from a constant wish to Mooooo at the stews back then. bemildred Nov 2013 #4

Thank Alfred E Kahn and Jimmy Carter (and Teddy Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, Ralph Nader) FarCenter Nov 2013 #5