USVirgin Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 They were a great airline and national symbol in their heyday. The PanAm office was practically like the local US embassy in some countries, as you know. A lot of old time first class travelers were still loyal 'till the end. But when I got into the business PanAm was in its decline. I remember one check-in agent at terminal 2 LAX...big guy...if a customer pissed him off, he's roll up his sleeves in order to show off his biceps and lean over the counter towards him. Next door, at Air New Zoo, we were taught not to do that. Besides, we wore green shorts, knee high wool socks and looked about as intimidating as Angus Young without an axe. PS. Our teal green shirts were short-sleeved to begin with - no need to roll them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 In those days, baggage tracing was barely computerized. If we suspected a bag was somewhere and we didn't get a computerized match, we'd telex or call the station. You'd be lucky to get even a negative response from big airlines like UA at LAX, so we'd do regular runs by their baggages cages (which were for nearly hopeless causes). More often than not we would find the bag we were looking for. Those guys simply didn't have the resources to take care of all the baggage claims, or they didn't care, or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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