Me and you both brother. I used to fly a lot, especially in my military days. Back and forth overseas on civilian airlines. It was nice in the 1970s and 1980s. None of this crap. I flew back to Germany out of NY back in 1972. It was a KLM Dutch airlines 747 flight. There were probably no more than 100 people on that flight on that huge plane. I went to my seat and there was no one on my row. I got several pillows, pulled up the seat handles to make one large three seat bed. I told the attendant not to wake me for any meals or anything. She woke me up and said that we were landing in Frankfurt. I slept in my nice little 3 seat bed for about 7-8 hours. Woke up nice and refreshed as it was early morning in Germany. Like I went to bed and woke up in Germany. Best flight I have ever been on.
Now that’s awesome. I used to live right under an airport runway, it was great fun watching those huge planes come over.
From your description, that flight sounded heavenly.
Thank you for serving our country.