Originally Posted by Badenoch

It was glamourous once. Flight attendants were eye-catching, seats were wide, food was palatable and we dressed for the occasion. There were no gate dragons, boarding zones, nudie-scopes, crotch grabs or gate lice. It was exciting too. Nothing in the modern era compares to sitting in the back of an early DC-9 with low bypass engines leaving a high-altitude airport on a hot day. Full throttle, roaring engines, max climb out. Noise abatement? Not a chance.