I watch and like this show, but I watch it with a bit of melancholy since I’m old enough to remember when Pan-Am was the air travel powerhouse and the stews dressed like that! It does painfully remind us what all we’ve gave up in the name of safety. Flying now is like taking a Grey Line bus or worse.
Buck up, there’s hope. My daughter is 15 and two of her favorite shows are “Mad Men” and “Pan Am”. She also mixes Frank Sinatra and John Coltrane on her MP3 player with whatever modern crap she listens to. The younger generation (meaning much younger, I guess.) is getting a glimpse of just what half a century of political correctness has cost us in terms of manners, quiet strength, style and artistic talent.
It may be a slim hope for the future, but it is a hope nonetheless.
...and travelers dressed to travel. Walking into today’s airports is no different than walking into any NY or DC subway station.