Originally Posted by
Toshbaf
Picture 15: My thought process was this is a 707. Then, like the last answer, I looked at the uniform. It is a pornographic version of the TWA uniform. In reality, it was worn not unbuttoned at the bottom and showing leg. Usually, trousers were worn underneath. TWA Boeing 707
Correct. I was fortunate to fly aboard a lounge equipped 707-131 between Denver and New York JFK in April of 1972. Back then, economy class passengers benefited from Ambassador Service on the Denver to east coast flights. The service featured beautiful printed menus featuring a choice of three entree choices and the lounge was quite popular. Of course back then, on board entertainment was limited to music piped through plastic pneumatic headphones, so a little mingling in the lounge was occasionally a highlight of the flight. Air travel was a lot more civilized back then.
As to the "pornographic" uniform, I suppose I would grant you that the airlines played the sex appeal card quite strongly during the 1970s, but I don't think I would consider the hot pants popular with airlines like PSA, Air Florida, Southwest et al. pornographic so much as alluring, and then certainly no more so than a woman wearing a bikini which by the 1970s was considered quite socially acceptable. One thing's for sure - I definitely wouldn't want to see any of the plus sized / aged flight attendants today wearing anything other than the buttoned up uniforms currently in vogue.
