Originally Posted by
davetravels
Funny, how you young whippersnappers are about this stuff. I remember, waaay back in the olden days, flying on NW's glitzy B742s in Y. No Economy Comfort. Only an overhead projector with a fuzzy picture with a single movie playing - take it or leave it. No in seat power. ...
You were lucky that you had seats.
We used to have to stand up and hang from a leather strap from the ceiling... unless you were lucky enough to get upgraded to one of the wooden crates.