CIB-173RDABN wrote: “In the original Airport (movie) Helen Hayes played a part similar to this - she would stowaway on flights. Security was almost non-existent back then.”
Back in the sixties, I knew several college kids who did that regularly to fly back home for holidays. You could also accompany passengers on board before the flight.
I actually enjoyed flying back in the 1960s and 1970s.
People would dress up. The airlines served meals. The stewardess were all good looking. It was a special event.
Today airlines are just Greyhounds without the class.