I havent benn on a in a long long time
I don't miss it at all , esp now w the check in etc
most often for the last several years it was SW , and I brought my own sandwiches etc on board
I didn't mind , as the fares were so much cheaper than United / AA from BOS to SFO and detour.
this topic brought back fond memories :
I used to fly standby all the time from SFO to BOS.
I never got bumped. and I figured out how to get an actual seat by cheek in time. w legroom.
the meals were Chicken or Beef , and the beef was filet mignon , green beans and a potato item.
from time to time , they had extra meals. these were the Vietnam war days.
people , younger , began treating the uniformed Marines a little huffily.
This I found to be misguided. this is not a political statement
if you are that age group , and male , you will undertand that at the first lottery , my SS number turned out to be 4.
the Uniformed Marines got any extra meals from the United stewardess .
I was of course , in cattle but it was much better back then you can't imagine the tons of stuff I
Carried On , and the stewardess's help me cram it all in the overheads !
then I began to get an extra filet from time to time.
the college unmniform at that time for me , in the Cold East
was an old Navy PeaCoat that you carefully selected near a Navy Base as they were sold by
Ex-Navy Enlisted men. they were to die for ( no pun there ) and there were several Navy Bases in the Bay Area
maybe the stewardess 's saw me shovel my PeaCoat in the overhead bin. can't say
I had a second Filet Mignon 3 out of my 6 trips a year for the last two years of college
I didn't mind at all.
Though no young, but amusing, Pinot Noir was offered.
and I still have that PeaCoat
BTW I still have my Father's long Navy Winter Officers coat from WWII. with real heavy brass USNavy buttons.
very little wear. he served in the Pacific for 4 years.
the Dept of the Navy , and esp the Marines know a lot about " Fancy Dress " for sure.
