Pan Am Flight Attendants, Kevin, Hiram, Diego, Guy, Deanne, Ann Marie, Joy and others during a trip to London, England in 1990. Diego imitates a (famous) Pan Am flight attendant named Evelyn!
Wow, he must be retired by now. If not, he has 55 years and would have to be double digit seniority assuming Delta hired him in ‘91. He seems like a fun guy. I’ve got 25 years with Delta and this was 3 years before I started.
OMG, I had no idea this existed, brings back tears of joy and memories! I flew for PAA from 77 to 91, LHR and JFK based. I remember Diego, and I recognize the tall male F/A. I had so many trips like this one, so many fun times with great crews. I would do it a again in a heartbeat if PAA was ever revived! Thanks so much for sharing this.
I am ex Pan Am,ex TWA and recently retired from American Airlines. Flying for Pan Am was like getting ready to go to a party. So much fun, I felt guilty taking a pay check. Those were the days!
This takes me back to when it used to be fun to work & fly for an airlines, this is how it used to be all of the time with characters making up a crew for a trip. We should have more Evelyn too, it is the best part. Lets have some more of these please, fond memories of how flying used to be so far from what it is like today
I remember flying LAX-LHR-TGL (Berlin) and TGL-LHR-JFK-LAX return in 1981 and it was great. The flight attendant liked me and brought me a steak dinner from the first class menu on the LHR-JFK flight. She also gave me headphones to watch movies / music because I didn't have the $3.00 to pay for them. I was 17 at the time. My first trip to Europe. I LOVED PAN AM!
I flew Pan Am in the 70's the stewardess were friendly the service and food was great,it's too bad that Pan Am went bankrupt,you'll always be remembered.
We will never forget PanAm we will share our life changing experiences with our children and grandchildren and great grandchildren so they will continue the legacy🥂✈️😘😘🌹❤️🌐
expense was the main factor ,Pan Am had alot of older aircrafts and new ones were now triple in price , fuel factor, etc.. . But Pan Am was merged with United Airlines , same crew in in new uniform and Pan am in United colors.
I wish Pan American Airways was still around. I was born in 1995. Emirates will never be as good as Pan American Airways. I wish Pan American Airways was still around. My dad flew Pan Am a lot. He has good memories about them.
Pan am was a GREAT airline back in the 60's when they had a decent CEO. Once Juan Trippe left the airline, it was just a matter of time before it went bankrupt. After Juan Trippe, were a stream of CEO's that did not know what they were doing. They traded in their smaller planes like the DC-10's for more 747's which were already flying half empty. They cut corners in the 80's to save money, and it would have worked too. But the bombing of flight 103 ended it right there and then.
@@gurjeetswallows6709 The cutting corners contributed to the events that led to Pan Am 103/Lockerbie. After Air India 182, the FAA and the EU JAA strictly mandated the "baggage renconciliation program" for all airlines (passengers must board a flight in which he has checked luggage; offload the luggage if the passenger fails to board, and hand-inspection of any unaccompanied luggage), which Pan Am failed to implement; they used the simple x-ray screening inspection, which was not that effective. Many victims of Lockerbie held Pan Am responsible for the incident as much as they held the bomber responsible. Notable ones who attacked Pan Am's failure to do baggage reconciliation were Virginia native Stephanie Bernstein (widow of Michael Bernstein, who flew in from Vienna to Frankfurt and then to Heathrow to board PA103), Port Jarvis couple Sue and Dan Cohen (who lost their only child, Theodora, a drama and theater student from Syracuse University), and New Jersey couple Kathleen and Jack Flynn (one of their sons' John Patrick, was a geography and economics student of Colgate University participating in the DIPA program of Syracuse, of which the Syracuse victims of Lockerbie were a part of)
What an amazing piece of travel history. I have worked for both United and Delta, and this video brings back some fantastic memories of my airline years. Airline people are truly one of a kind, as you can probably surmise after watching this video. Although I am no longer in the industry, I have fond, fond memories of a time when airlines were truly exceptional companies to work for. Thank you very much for posting this rare find!
Just stumbled across this video and I think it’s amazing... I would have been just 6 when this was filmed and it just seems like a totally different world compared to flying now. The crew all seem so happy and chilled out. The flight attendant smoking in the jump seat is badass! I’m a pretty nervous passenger and can just about tolerate a transatlantic flight, but it always makes me feel better when I overhear those types of interactions and fun conversations between flight attendants just being themselves and sharing gossip, etc. Makes me think that if they’re happy and just enjoying their job, theres nothing for me to be nervous about.
wow I dont know how I got to this video I was searching something completely different but I am so glad I got to see it! I remember flying in the late 80's early 90's when you could smoke and even sharing a cigarette with a busy flight attendant once on a flight from Australia to New Zealand before I become a flight attendant in 1997 for 10 years. I miss it! Loved this video...it helped me remember the fun we used to have back then.
When I was 12 years old I was lucky to fly to London twice on a Pan Am 747 Clipper Neptune’s Favorite and Clipper Ocean Pearl. This experience led me to a career in the Aviation industry and a large collection of model Pan Am 747’s
I am so glad to read your comments. Almost similar to you, when I was 15 I flew for the first time from Puerto Rico to New York and 13 years later I became a Pan Am flight attendant.
Thanks for this video. It brings back memories of my first airline job. These crews would have briefed down the hall from my office. I also ran the AWARE Store in LAX. Tim Wilson LAXIUPA.
Hello, Ascot ! I was based in LHR in '78 - '80. Best part of the video was the glimpse of our briefing rooms in London. What a wonderful glimpse into our lives back then, this makes the memories so vivid !
LOVED IT!! I flew for TWA and American Airlines as a Purser/INFLIGHT TRAINER....your purser was hysterical!!! We used to have flights like that as well!!! PA interviewed me in 1974 but TWA hired me! :) Working on the 747's and L 1011's were awesome!!!!! AWESOME video!! :)
Thanks for this AMAZING video. Pan Am was such a class act!! I am with UA now and I have been based in LHR two times in my 17 years of flying. I have seen a ton of Pan Am memorabilia, but nothing like this!! This tops everything!!
Thank you so much for this awesome video. So many memories... I miss flying Clipper Class between JFK - LHR. Better aircraft, better service, better world.
this is one airline I would have truly loved to experience....thanks so much for posting, I really did enjoy this and I must say, the uniforms were very smart and well ahead of their time - I reckon they’d still look world class today....
We cherish our memories, but with this video, it's like walking straight into those days again! I was LON based 78 - 80 and this is amazing footage - also very good quality recording for so long ago. Many thanks for letting us re-live those times, when flying was so FUN! Makes me realize how very much it has changed.
Part of the airline was sold to Delta Airlines and the other part was going to continue flying to latin America and it was a shock for all of us when we found out that they folded.
Pan am was a GREAT airline back in the 60's when they had a decent CEO. Once Juan Trippe left the airline, it was just a matter of time before it went bankrupt. After Juan Trippe, were a stream of CEO's that did not know what they were doing. They traded in their smaller planes like the DC-10's for more 747's which were already flying half empty. They cut corners in the 80's to save money, and it would have worked too. But the bombing of flight 103 ended it right there and then.
I started my career with pan am in 1988 until they closed in December 4 1991 it was a sad day I went over to work for American Airlines until I recently retired in 2021 after flying for 31 years it was such a great career being a flight attendant I truly miss it
Ahhh... The good old days of flying-when economy got food, FA's were awesomely nice and always had a smile for a kid like me. I only wish I could've experienced Pan Am. THE original Clippers of the sky!
Omg! Where is Diego? He’s the funniest sweetest guy😘😘 I still miss my wonderful flying days with the best people to work with ever and the best company to work for 4ever PanAm gave me the opportunity to live in London and Paris🥂✈️❤️🌹😘😘
Great video and interesting that it was filmed just months prior to the end of things. Writing this on November 21, 2021. It’s hard now to believe that Pan Am’s demise occurred nearly 30 years ago, Dec 4, 1991. Vividly remember the very first day..., and always will. Long live Clipper!!!
I had to laugh at this video. I think all Purser s and their crews just know how we all get along with everyone. When you have a good crew life becomes so nice to fly and see the world. I am from United Airlines. Thanks to everyone who still fly as well.
Ingrid DeWitt Hi Ingrid. I flew PAA as a stand pax 4-6 times from the old airport in OSL via LHR to JFK or DTW in may of 87 and in 88. I was an exchange student in Upper Michigan. When did you fly for PAA? I miss PAA and TWA. A Swedish friend of mine flew for PAA from 81-85 I think. Then I flew DL from Oslo to JFK dec 1st 1993. A-310.That was not good. I talked to a german AH that had worked in PAA since the mid 60s. She almost started to cry, she thought things were so bad.
@@torgeirbrandsnes1916 I started flying for Pan Am in April 1977. I was London based from April 77 until Dec. 77, then transferred to IAH for 2 months then transferred to JFK in Feb. 78 until Dec. 4th 1991. You could of been on one of my flights. I was Norwegian qualified, so I did a lot of Oslo trips. Yes the demise of Pan Am was very sad. What was your Swedish friends name?
Ingrid DeWitt Thank you for your answer. Her name is Kristina. I have forgotten her last name, but she did AH training at MIA in 1981. Now she lives is GOT. Me, I worked as a Red cap for SAS (SK) from 1996-2007. After two back surgeries in 7 months it was game over for me reg work.
@@ingriddewitt3466 Hi Ingrid. In June 1987, I flew JFK-LHR on a 747, and then connected to a 727 for LHR-OSL-HEL. I then did the reverse in August 1987. I think the 727 was Clipper Dashaway both times. The OSL stop was about an hour on the ground. I remember the Norwegian security force boarding and inspecting the plane with the passengers on it. They pulled up the cushions for the empty seats. Kind of crazy to think you might have been on the same flights.
Loved this! I was Miami based and took early out in 1986. We had many flights like this - wonderful crews, tons of laughs. We all miss our airline -- there will never be another like it> This brought laughter and tears! Thank you!
Flew pan am london to new york in 1979 the plane was falling apart must been the first one built carpets torn lockers kept opening no wonder they went bust also Flew eastern new york to florida they were excellent
I am wondering, did you fly for Pan Am? When in December 1990 is this taken? I am wondering cause the flight attendant in the video talks about last london trip and early 1991 Pan Am sold its route to London heathrow to United so I am just wondering. Myself I don´t fly but I stayed in London during xmas 11 years later or back in 2011. It was wonderful. I wish I could have flown with Pan Am but unfortunately I was only 8 yrs old when they retired operations. Pan Am did not operate in my country which is Iceland.
Once Juan Trippe left the airline, it was just a matter of time before it went bankrupt. After Juan Trippe, were a stream of CEO's that did not know what they were doing. They traded in their smaller planes like the DC-10's for more 747's which were already flying half empty. They cut corners in the 80's to save money, and it would have worked too. But the bombing of flight 103 ended it right there and then.
Actually, reading through the copious amount of books on the subject I would say that Trippe had his contribution to Pan Am's eventual downfall. He was a lummox when it comes to politics, which alienated Pan Am from the politicians who controlled the airlines via the CAB back then, causing other airlines to muscle in on Pan Am's lucrative route & continually depriving Pan Am of domestic routes. And his choice of routes to fly doesn't make economic sense (Pan Am served Rock Sound in the Bahamas because he had a home there). He was too brash by ordering too many 747s for a projected market growth that eventually did not come to fruition thanks to the oil crisis, and because he committed to the 747 Pan Am became the guinea pig for other airlines to troubleshoot the 747 in service. And of course, he didn't have a proper succession plan. The ineptitude of his successor only adds to the problems that he caused.
@3:26) "Are you ready for this flight? It's going to be 10 hrs of hell!" So true!! However, stated with true elegance (including the PA professional smile). This would be a FA I'd love to work with...., no matter how bad it gets, always humor and a smile.
Fantastic video of a bygone age. Pan Am was a great airline with great people but they were let down by some horrible mismanagement at the top and a spot or two of bad luck along the way. These FAs - and so many others who put their heart and soul into the airline - deserved so much more than the unceremonious Dec 1991 shutdown and job losses that came with it. I hope most of them were able to find jobs elsewhere in the industry and continue with their careers which they obviously loved. The circular staircase gives this away as being a B747 but it is hard to see a Pan Am B747 at LHR without thinking of PA103 two years prior to this video (and 32 years ago this week as I write this comment.) Really unbelievable that any person could walk this Earth having violently killed so many innocent people...still makes me mad, still completely appalls me, and it always makes me very sad even though I have no connection to that flight or its 270 victims. Chances are the crew of this flight would have known or worked with the ill-fated PA103 crew at some point....terrible.
I love this video, the cabin crew look like hey are having so much fun working together. Diego is a character who I love to bits. It was an end of an era when Pan AM ended, since then airline standards have never been the same. What happened to the cabin crew in this video, are they still flying, where are they now?
I would like to know more about Evelyn. She sounds fascinating. Also, who is the flight attendant who says that last night’s dinner was glorious. Is she still flying?
Pan am was a GREAT airline back in the 60's when they had a decent CEO. Once Juan Trippe left the airline, it was just a matter of time before it went bankrupt. After Juan Trippe, were a stream of CEO's that did not know what they were doing. They traded in their smaller planes like the DC-10's for more 747's which were already flying half empty. They cut corners in the 80's to save money, and it would have worked too. But the bombing of flight 103 ended it right there and then.
About the one who got busted for smoking, was she busted because flight attendants weren't supposed to smoke on board, or because this was after the full ban and smoking was restricted for everyone? Before the ban, was it common for FAs to sneak a smoke? And what exactly was Evelyn like? I couldn't quite figure it out from Diego.
I think I remember Evelyn, very senior had worked for a long time in the Middle East where she was hired. Then moved to the USA and was based in SFO. She told me she had 27 cats at her home in SFO. I was at LAX in a HR position.
In 90 there was still smoking on board, and Flight Attendants were allowed to smoke. In the back galley, the "galley girl" would light a cigarette which she lay on the counter while serving meals (which we delivered by hand.) So saying she was "busted" probably just meant she'd been telling people she had quit.
