What was air travel like before 9-11?
>>2058931Why did you post the same thread on /trv/?>>2840574
i remember chilling in the cockpit as a kid
>>2058936You should have screenshotted the best part : when the captain ask to his son - a kid with zero knowledge in aviation - the reason why the 310 is banking to the right (before entering into a spiral dive)
>>2058931How long before? Because the bombings in the seventies and eighties led to metal detectors and x-ray machines in every airport that required the same sort of queuing you see today. >>2058936>i remember chilling in the cockpit as a kidSame. 747 on a transatlantic flight and they had a stool set up behind the pilot/copilot and so you could see out over the nose to the clouds below.
>>2058963>the same sort of queuing you see today.It was not nearly as bad. Anyone could go through security and up to the gate. The lines were short and fast. Abdhul and his ilk ruined airports for the civilized man.
>>2058931Security theater was a little more lax, but I find the biggest change was the loss of small(er) regional or shuttle carriers that didnt survive the years immediately after 9/11 with the precipitous dip in air travel that resulted from the attacks - or thats how it felt, anyway
>>2058963No, I visited the cockpit as a kid on Eastern Airlines (Disney World trip) circa 1991It really was still a thing until 9/11
>>2058931>I'm old enough to have been in a US Airport with no metal detectorsIt was neat. And you boarded planes via stair cars back then, no jetways. They boarded at the front and back doors as a result. But for about 20 years before 9/11, metal detectors were pretty much the norm at every mid-size to large airport, so the only real differences between then and now was you could take departures to and meet arrivals at the gate and you could take toiletries in your carry-on without worrying about sizes of liquid containers. I remember several times taking visitors to the airport, going through security with them, and eating a meal at a restaurant near the gate until their flight got called for boarding, and bidding them adieu.Also, as others have pointed out, the cockpit door was open all the time on flights.
>>2059124Some airports still have dual boarding, but it's quite rare nowadays.
>>2059124>But for about 20 years before 9/11People don't realize that after Pan Am 103, the UNABOMBER, the WTC and OKC bombings, security (or at least security theater) escalated significantly in the years leading up to 9/11.For example, the concrete vehicle barriers you see around government buildings mostly went up before 9/11, because of the WTC and OKC bombings.
