Years ago, Delta was great. Convair - props. Convair - turbines. Douglas - jets.
Student Discount Card - $15 to go anywhere in the USA.
Many employees were aircraft people. Stewardesses with smarts, college degrees, nurses, military veterans. Many had fathers who were World War II vets.
Some of those ladies returned to work again, in the 1990’s, after their kids had left the nest. Fun talking with the Stews, because they knew so much aviation and aerospace history.
For a while, Cincinnati was a Delta hub, and that was wonderful - instead of wrestling with Atlanta (and there, Hartsfield, being many miles out of your way).
Some of the earlier DC-9’s had 2 seats on one side of the isle, and 3 seats on the other. Roomy seating.
Flying when the cockpit doors were open, and people respected our blessings.