Yeah that was right. I remember as a kid we had to wear coats and ties, the ladies dressed to the nines and it was very civil and nice. Today I hate to fly anywhere, the anything goes dress code and the non-civil people you have to deal with destroy the experience.
Ladies wore gloves and scarves or hats, men wore REAL hats, not ‘caps’, and the service was exceptional!..................
I remember my first airline flight. It was an American Airlines Boeing 707. My brothers and I all wore our suits with neckties. If you wear your good clothes on the airplane you don’t have to stuff them into your suitcase. The short pants tee shirts and swimming suits go into the suitcase.
Why should people wear a coat and tie to fly on an airplane? You should dress comfortably in clothing that allows for the safest egress. For crying out loud, it's a bus with wings. It's not an experience that is destroyed by a relaxed dress code.
Now the non-civil people, I'll agree with you on.
I dunno. I just don't expect much out of flying. I guess I've done it too many times.
I remember in the 80’s, a neighbor was appalled that some parents let their kid wear jeans to church. I have mixed feelings; on the one hand, I mourn the loss of decorum, but on the other hand, as long as your clothing is modest, what difference does it make what you wear to church? The important thing is that you went. When my husband was growing up, in a poor area, the boys all wore their best jeans and a white button down shirt, to church. Most of them didn’t even own any dress pants. My mother-in-law dressed like June Cleaver, every day, even while she did her housework. She probably got some of her clothes from the Goodwill, but thanks to the wealthy people who donated them, she was very stylish, and looked like a million bucks, no matter where she went. I had a neighbor, who is now in her 90’s, who never owned a pair of slacks, and wore expensive clothing any time she left the house. Inside the house, she wore a housedress, but the stockings and garter belt were always on, underneath, as long as she was awake.