The airline industry has undergo several upheavals and gut - clout in the past two decade . There was the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 , the Air Traffic Controllers ' strike of 1981 , and the tragic events of September 11 , 2001 , to name just a few . But once upon a time airlines vie for customer not by terms , but by services tender . Of course , throughout the 1970s , airlines realize the majority of their revenue from job travelers ( who were overwhelmingly male at that time ) , rather than families . Which probably explicate airway why TV commercials of that epoch portrayed atmosphere traveling as something of a Bunny Club in the sky " ¦
1. First Class Toga Parties
For those who marvel what debauchery went on beyond that First Class curtain , Southern Airways put down the truth bleak . Toga - clad hostess ( they would n’t become " flight attendants" for another decade or so ) peeled grapes and served champagne and crock up crab for that quality group .
2. Fly Maggie
3. Your Bags Will Arrive Safely. Got it?
I think the message this Eastern Airlines commercial was attempt to get was that your bags would always go far with you at your destination . But" ¦ “My boys" ? Spider ? Rocco ? Tiny ? Is it just me , or does this whole commercial reek of " If you got ta complaint about de way deese mugs are handlin ' your luggage , I ’ve get a pair of cement galoshes equip just for you" ?
4. The Strip Tease
It ’s high-risk enough that Braniff International made their flying attendants change their outfit three time during a routine flight of stairs , but did they really need to further that " feature" as some sort of in - flight of stairs stripteaser ?
5. Hotpants
call back what it was like before Southwest Airlines ? You did n’t have hostess in red-hot pant . As Dave Barry would say , I ’m not make this up .
6. Take Your Mind off the Falling Engines
Several DC-10 airplane crashes in the belated 1970s were traced back to design flaws in the aircraft , and for a short meter the FAA grounded all DC-10s until the morphologic problems were work out . But pestiferous problem like engines falling off mid - air aside , does n’t that Friendship Room in carriage class look invite ?
7. Coach Ain’t What it Used to Be
supererogatory - wide butt and a steak dinner in Coach ? That is old school . And why was such luxury useable when fly Orient only ? Did TWA presume that all their west - spring passengers were rigorously the crunchy granola vegetarian case ?
8. The Really Friendly Skies
This commercial dates back to 1958 , but compare to air traveling today , it might as well date stamp back to the Stone Age . Look at the size of the toilet , the restaurant booth - manner seating areas , and the lobster dinner party serve on china crustal plate . If I promise to fit out in a June Cleaver - panache suit while traveling , can we please come back to this era for just a couple of weeks ? Pretty please ?
Read all preceding installment of Kara’sTV - Holic series .
