Experienced travelers - myth or reality?

I spent most of his life to and from airports around the world and found that there are no experts, only the most experienced. Some of our aircraft transit lounges of our homes in the fifties, sixties and seventies, when the passengers have to be considered later. I need to know that my name with pride on the gallery railing is carved from Colombo airport (back in the good old days when it Ceylon, myexpensive.)

If one of the young people of today, what do you know how life back when air travel is a privilege only for the selection and has been carefully selected? Probably not, but I can tell you the same risk of boring and interesting information about life in the slow lane.

I am one of those dinosaurs in the modern world, which is someone who travels, remember BOAC. For those of you who have never heard the abbreviation for British Overseas AirwaysCorporation and is the standard of excellence when it comes to personal service, the old days, somewhere between the ice and Concorde.

I was ten when I split for the first time in the roles VC10 from stairs. I went to Singapore, the trip took more than 18 hours and it was a matter for individual crew members on board, you can hear me and my two brothers, until the terrible final destination, whether it likes it or not.

In those days, childrentreated with kid gloves on the plane thinking that if the parents were the children stay happy always pay BOAC luck, or whatever. We have created a generous gift of flight bags, a beautiful picture with an inscription by the horns BOAC. Adjustable shoulder strap and large front pockets stuffed full of books and games to ensure that every state was able to Junior Jet Club traveling with ease for Time Attackof the journey and be a complete pain in the rear to everyone sitting within a ten foot radius.

Inside the canvas bag was a booklet in a shiny wallet, proclaiming the owner to be in possession of however many miles worth of service, a bit like the Executive air miles system introduced years later and guarded with the same aggressive propriety. One had to fill out however many miles one had completed and then ask the Stewardess permission to visit the Captain and ask for his endorsement Magazine. Try that today and get shut off into the cockpit to try to exploit.

After logging many miles you are entitled, Junior Jet Club pin, a series of enamel wing flaps can be fastened to the prefect of the Naval Academy and Robertson Golly Badge. Other gadgets in your pocket crayons, small coloring book with pictures of a plane, BOAC in the park, detailed biography of the crew (in the fight against terrorismAuthorities) would cows, wipe a mask for sleeping (GAG Luckily other passengers), sweet face, totally inappropriate, and believe me, I saw a lot of users and a pair of socks that are designed to save a Bigfoot.

Refuel at this time, no possibility of an airplane without, and nobody cares if you could do at least five stations, and discover the culture and liquid meals in each countryMember further. It was a very happy and very civilized. Stops will be in Paris and Rome, Frankfurt and, perhaps, Colombo, Bahrain, Baghdad, Delhi, Mumbai. Their time at school, I studied all the souvenir shops at the airport with my precious transit card squeezed my breasts and tried to be a yellow triangle that I hide a display for the murder of all plagues, BOAC Young Traveler unaccompanied. I hated it. You can also take one days on the headsay stupid - Please Me complacent.

You should be able to use especially parents, a security person as a universal aunt known. My father was employed by me, it was a disaster. Universal aunt was in her sixties and could also be closer to seventy. She was in a black cape with red lining and appropriate as a morbid nature has attracted the bat. Fell on a suitcase in the arrivals lounge at Heathrow airport and the thingswent from bad to worse after that. I had to sit with her in a café at Victoria station while she downed the contents of a large brandy glass to calm herself because she got us well and truly lost on the tube, and in the end I put her in a taxi and sent her home, promising not to report the incident to her employers or my parents.

One of the greatest treats of Young Passengers Traveling Alone was that you could look sadly into the eyes of the Purser, and tell him how homesick you were how to get your thoughts and your concerns, or you can visit the cockpit. That was after I had impressed. I loved everything that was on the airplane, aroma, switches and controls, an unbelievable feeling that the company end of everything.

First and foremost mind blowing look at the clouds and sky. My personal best when I managed to convince the team to let me in the cabin for landing at night in Singapore to stay. Believewhether it is customary when the children sit in small town directly on the wall at the rear of the cabin and get the lights of the city. Today, such behavior would be to start a rebellion, then the captain and first officer did not winked conspiratorially and says: "Do not you dare someone to fetch you?"

I had a book with the signatures of many, many captain and first officer, a report on the youth, so rare in a guest book or photo album, thousands of miles of Buildingand played with comments from other travelers. I still think the sacrifice of many movements, was at home. I have the remains of BOAC, vaccinations and the vet gave me but my dog receive vaccinations against typhoid, yellow fever and cholera. Charming.

Air seats are masterpieces, away from the passenger compartment for you to take you to your chair, walkalso talking about with the passengers around you. My last trip, or should I say the agony in the promotion of sleep are involved, the heads of the passengers in front of me and put his head on his knees at the start and insisted on retaining his landing. I took a devilish delight in airsickness two hours to the first phase.

Aircraft, the food was delicious, warm and delicious, served with a subtle silver, not plastic spoon in my eyes. My childhood passion for chocolateThe result of my intensive six foam Swiss chocolate First Class is designed for children walking to school in the economy. Do you think that would happen today? When the crew, at least four times with hot coffee, and nothing was too much trouble. A trip to Bulgaria, I had a few years ago, I thought that the crew refused to quit, let me say, when it is much easier to parachute over megood drives.

I hate air travel now. The entire plastic, sticky, pressure and mass production, unhappy, miserable, horrible chaos, is something that we like the plague if I can avoid. I remember the good days, and if he better than all those who travel a lot and Economair think you're elite. Believe me, you on your way without portfolio.

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