TWA was a great airline because of its people. I have many fond memories of hopping TWExpress up to JFK to board a flight to Europe, and being able to go to the Ambassador Club in T5 to wait for the flight. Almost all of our flights were in Y, but I was too young to care.

Had a FF Elite card by the time I was 12 or 13, thanks to a lot of flying to visit relatives in the Bay Area (TW had nonstops at the time between SFO-IAD, SFO-BWI, etc...) During college years, the Youth Travel Pack was a great deal, and a great way to build miles flying from coast to coast...

Even in the last few years, most of the employees went out of their way to make us, the passengers, feel appreciated. And provided great service with limited resources. My girlfriend and I will always have fond memories of a TWOne flight STL-CDG, as well as going to Hawaii in style STL-OGG. The STL-CDG flights were taken in December of 2000, less than a month before the takeover, but the food and service were still top notch.

It's terrible that so many ex-TWAers are already gone, and that all the remaining FAs could be laid off in the very near future...I fly AA now because of convenience, but will never have the loyalty to them that I had to TWA...