Originally Posted by
cepheid
Ah, the good ole' days... 23 years ago, when moving to the U.S., we flew TLV-JFK-IAD with our (very mellow and well-behaved) Persian cat in a
tote bag. He spent most of the flight on our laps getting cooed over by the FAs. Ah yes, those lax-policy days.
Indeed, it was a good time! But it already started to change in 91 during the first Gulf war. Suddenly, security issues where a big topic. But I never want to miss these times. Unruly passengers were rare and usually, the crew had quite a lot of fun with the pax.