Originally Posted by PointJunkie
I don't think I'd consider any of my EWR-BUF trips on People's Express a fond memory. They rolled the credit card imprinter down the aisle on a service cart. What did they do if you didn't pay, throw you out the window?
This reminds me that perhaps my earliest concrete memory of flying was on People Express, flying BUF-EWR in 1985; I think it's also still the longest actual delay (as opposed to a cancellation) I've ever endured -- six hours, due to a hurricane.
The only earlier memory I can come up with is a vague recollection of being on a plane with my parents that had two rows of facing seats with a table in between them. No clue what airline or what kind of plane.
I think my only other defunct airline flight (yeah, yeah, I'm young) was on TWA in 1998, rerouted from an AA flight after the plane's landing gear failed inspection. The flight (DTW-JFK) was unremarkable, the plane drab and nearly empty, but being able to see the TWA terminal before closure and remodeling was priceless.