As a former United employee IAD we genuinely loved our jobs and our company. We were proud to stand above all airlines in every aspect of every job title. I miss the days when flying was a class act
This was lovely it actually made me cry remembering all the wonderful times of the United Airlines of the past.If only we had this spirit today in our airlines.
I retired from UA in 2021 after 34 years. I watched a great airline cycle downwards along with it's customers (reason I retired 8 years early). I do remember the days when the airlines were great along with well mannered customers. That's just a bygone era. These commercials do bring back good memories when I was a young man.
Yes, society has definitely changed and not for the better. People have very different attitudes now and no longer care about things that decent folks once cared about. If you look at it this way, not all of it is that people have changed but rather it's that much of the world is now simply literally different people. Many people who were around 30-50 years ago are now gone, and many people who are around now weren't born yet 30-50 years ago. 2:44 - 3:02 - those gentlemen looked like an example of how elderly folks of the 80s were really good souls. I had a great relationship with my grandparents while growing up in the 80s, and other elderly family, and their friends, and other elderly people I ran across. They had many great qualities. The elderly in the 80s were survivors of the 1930s, the Roaring Twenties, and even the 1910s. There's a big gap between them and the elderly now. Now the elderly are survivors of the 1940s-1960s, many of them from the rock'n roll era and even the Beatles era. And we're talking about the oldest generation still around now. The present younger generations don't even remember the 20th century. These are all different reasons why society has changed, and not for the better. Another sad thing is that almost everyone today, even those like us who miss the way it once was, feel pressured to try and act the way today's society thinks because we're afraid of people giving us shit for trying to act old fashioned and care about values and manners, and many people will give us shit and roll their eyes at any requests to act in such a way
@@kevingallaher703 both gone! Only Delta still operates it because the performance of that aircraft is not matched by any of its class nowadays even when their average age is pushing 25 years.
Managed to fly with United January 1981 SEA-SFO Boeing 727-222 non advanced with an extra emergency exit door before the wing interesting configuration with overhead hat racks with small doors attached. Hot meal served and great service. Glad to experience United service over 40 years ago and I miss the Tulip! The 'Tulip' logo is United Airlines always. Ansett 727.
Everyone is talking about how much airlines have regressed but can we take a moment to talk about how much COMMERCIALS have regressed?? All these ads have heart and character to them, and the reel ends with one of the catchiest jingle songs I’ve ever heard. Compare that to today’s ads that are just cringy stock footage, lazy graphics, and voice-overs. I wish we can return to 80’s style commercials.
Today’s adverts seem more concerned with ticking every single DEI box rather than actually selling the product or convincing us why we should use it. They are like political lectures.
@@ascotberks2018 Yeah, I prefer the Gershwin ads too. These ads were of a time when United only flew as far as Hawaii. Them buying Pan Am's routes in the late 80s and expanding really repositioned them as a global airline
From the beginning the personal, one-on-one friendly skies spirit of the people of United has set this airline apart. And through the years our advertising has always reflected that. You are, and always have been the friendly skies. You're not just another face along the way to another place. You're the pride of United's friendly skies. So before you go, my friend, we want you to know, my friend - you're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies! On your way you're climbing high Like a morning sun in a golden sky so many new horizons waiting for you We got so many ways to fly you With United standing by you You're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies! Reach out (reach out!) for the brightest star that you can find. The higher you reach, the higher you can climb! Flying high across the land We're giving you everything we can We've got more to give along the way Wherever you go, we go too We've got the land United for you (United for you!) You're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies! (You're not just flying!) You're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies! You're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies! (You know you're not just flying!) You're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies!
@@Longbeachliner My February 2020 UA flight, between D.C. & Mexico City; the slop served in First Class, for a 5.5 hour flight, (between capitals) was an absolute disgrace. I would not feed my dog, this vile garbage served us! Nextime, I will fly Aero Mexico, or another foreign carrier.
4:00 Born in Seattle in 1973, turning 49 in 2022, and my mother in her 80s (healthy, but we know that her time is "finite" at that age), this choked me up, right on the spot. They were probably not really mother and son, just actors, but still, Heaven bless them!
I believe United was employee owned partly at this time. As a kid, we had a blast on United. Everyone was so friendly from the pilots to the FA who fussed over us and gave us wings and playing cards. Now all the FAs try and hide in the back.
This was a different time than what the world has become. People have digressed in many ways, especially manners and appreciation. Companies have gotten so greedy, now fly when it's absolutely necessary instead because even though it was more expensive, they just wanted to, complete families fly to vacation, now we drive.
All airlines have changed their business and now want low fares over better service. A tip I have is to fly on United and Delta’s larger planes if you want good service. Because of seniority you get better service on larger planes.
United Airlines was primarily a US domestic airline back in the 80s. Cross-country B747 flights were an every-day occurrence. You could even fly a B747 from Los Angeles to San Francisco daily back then. UA began its first international route to Tokyo, Japan in 1983 and expanded their Trans-Pacific destinations with the acquisition of Pan Am’s Pacific, and South America routes several short years later. Trans Atlantic (European) destinations flown by United did not begin until the early 1990s, finally making UA a global airline but still far behind TWA, American, Delta, Continental and even Pan Am. United Airlines post 2020... uh, my crystal ball just fogged up!!!
It is sad UA mismanaged the Latin America hub they got from Pan Am, and once again after the merger with CO (which at the time was much larger internationally), the new UA once again had a huge Latin America network that has slowly been mismanaged once again seeing some of the most profitable routes in the entire system be discontinued. Now when booking travel to Latin America passengers do better to look at AA or DL for US carriers, CM or AV or LA for Latin carriers, or NK for low cost. My last few flights from Central America in UA have been horrendous in business class - the food was inedible, the FA’s did not speak Spanish and were rude if not racist, the schedule is now inconvenient at best, for how awful the service was we booked our next flights on AV figuring they have a better business class product, better schedule, and the fare is the same and within the same alliance
Even the way the planes were decorated was better. I miss Rhapsody in Blue. It was iconic. I miss everything about those days ,when flying had “class” and leg room and actual food if you wanted it on long flights. Today flying is just like Greyhound-load em in like cattle and hope no one throws a temper tantrum.
I was born in Seattle in 1973. Does anybody remember a song from the United Airlines commercials, probably late 70s, where the words went, "United Airlines, we're taking off, that a day, is a day!"
There are few better examples of money well spent today than paying $100 more for a JetBlue transcon ticket over UA. No sour grapes on my part. As a Sales Manager working in a virtual office during the 90s, I escaped much of the increasingly awful treatment of employees by upper management. But, due to continued devaluation of employees, including front-line employees, how could service not degrade?
I have worked in the industry since '87. Have seen a 100 percent decline in the front line workers. Sad,very sad. I hear it's in all industries in this country. There are no morals.
Nice to see what the airline industry was like back then before the deregulation forced the major airlines to cut back on services and compete only on price. From what I heard, the airlines back then provided much better services and the customers had better appreciation for the services they were getting. I also heard that the customers considered air travel to be special, so they dressed up for every flight travel. How times have changed. On the one hand, the deregulation made flight travel more affordable to more people, but on the other hand, it forced the airlines to cram more people into each flight to try to make the same revenue per passenger mile as before, leading to deterioration of travel experience for all passengers (crowded planes, crowed airports, crowded air spaces in the skies leading to flight delays, etc.). The deregulation ended the "Golden Era of Air Travel". Today, airlines make more profit overall because there are so many more people flying, but the revenue per passenger mile actually declined (adjusted for inflation), primarily due to lower ticket prices (driven by competition), according to a report by the GAO. So there you have it. Deregulation drove up the competition, which led to lower ticket prices, forcing airlines to cram more people into each flight and cut back on services to avoid financial losses (total sum of fares paid by all the passengers on a flight must be equal to or greater than the high cost of operating the jet aircraft, to avoid losses). When people complain about poor airline services and, yet, at the same time, demand lower air fares, they tend to forget that it is very,, very expensive to operate jet aircraft and that the airlines suffered significant losses (as in billions of dollars of losses) in the past when they didn't properly balance the cost of operating each aircraft with the ticket prices that the passengers were willing to pay. The demise of venerable airlines, such as Pan AM and TWA, should serve as a reminder of what can happen if an airline simply can't cut back costs fast enough to compete with lower-service competitors.
I flew UA Global First Class to Brazil, then TAM Brazil First Class to Argentina. TAM beat United hands down! Also, both TAP Air Portugal & LOT Poland's Business Class was better than United's First Class, by a mile. Sad, how far United had slipped by 2011. Now in 2020, they are the Spirit Airlines of international carriers.
After reading all the comments, it definitely sounds like somebody should create an airline that goes back to the roots of actual customer service, but I doubt it will make any money since it’s become such a cutthroat industry with pricing people always pick the cheapest service which usually comes with Horrible customer service But if they would have an airline domestically, that was a more top-tier service for just a little bit extra people would prefer to book it. I know I would the closest so far is JetBlue, but the customer service is not like this
PIX Promos & More that started in 1988. United’s ads seemed to be a lot more folksy and hokey before the stroke of genius of the Gershwin/Rhapsody in Blue campaign
So many comments about this showing the ostensible halcyon days of flying. It was just as if not worse than it is now - smoking, drunk passengers, surly flight attendants, crap food, limited entertainment. Sleeping upright on a thin pillow is somehow the standard for having a great flight? Please.
Sorry, but that statement is not true. I grew up with Delta in the 70s because my mom worked for them. Flying was indeed a much nicer experience then than it is now. Even in the 80s, it was still nice. Of course there were disruptions on flights, but nowhere near the level of today. And speaking of food, one of the best meals I ever had was in 1983 on Republic Airlines from Memphis to Los Angeles. In Coach, we were given a choice of two entrees: Rock Cornish Game Hen, or Beef Wellington....in Coach! I have never forgotten it!
i was born in 1995 so I don't know back then but the only things to be nostalgic for likely are the free food, less intrusive security, and perhaps slightly greater seat pitch and width (I don't know the dimensions). There was no on-demand entertainment, basic economy, online check-in or booking, etc.
As a former United employee IAD we genuinely loved our jobs and our company. We were proud to stand above all airlines in every aspect of every job title. I miss the days when flying was a class act
Pan Am was the best at making every employee feel like one of large family.
At the end of Pan Am I would change blazer and tie and UA employees checked in pax and worked the departure gates at IAD
The sad thing is its so painfully obvious that's its not on every level!
I don't know why, but nothing gives me nostalgia for the 20th century more than old United Airlines commercials.
When United was at its best
T.v.united.
This was lovely it actually made me cry remembering all the wonderful times of the United Airlines of the past.If only we had this spirit today in our airlines.
Well at least we have an airline called Spirit!
Unfortunately those times are gone forever
You want to experience that spirit now? Go fly Korean, Emirates, Qatar, Singapore. Only US carrier that even comes close is Delta.
I retired from UA in 2021 after 34 years. I watched a great airline cycle downwards along with it's customers (reason I retired 8 years early). I do remember the days when the airlines were great along with well mannered customers. That's just a bygone era. These commercials do bring back good memories when I was a young man.
Civilized passengers ended when airlines started treating pax like sardines
Sadly, flying in the US will never be like this again. It really was this good, and I miss it.
It's hard to believe how far and how fast ALL the airlines have regressed. People in general have regressed too.
So true
True 😥
I naturally think the same, but I think that’s a facade heightened by social media. The Jim Crow era, for example, is a huge regression from today.
@Richard Conte Partially, but mainly governments and politicians are to blame.
Yes, society has definitely changed and not for the better. People have very different attitudes now and no longer care about things that decent folks once cared about.
If you look at it this way, not all of it is that people have changed but rather it's that much of the world is now simply literally different people. Many people who were around 30-50 years ago are now gone, and many people who are around now weren't born yet 30-50 years ago.
2:44 - 3:02 - those gentlemen looked like an example of how elderly folks of the 80s were really good souls. I had a great relationship with my grandparents while growing up in the 80s, and other elderly family, and their friends, and other elderly people I ran across. They had many great qualities. The elderly in the 80s were survivors of the 1930s, the Roaring Twenties, and even the 1910s. There's a big gap between them and the elderly now. Now the elderly are survivors of the 1940s-1960s, many of them from the rock'n roll era and even the Beatles era. And we're talking about the oldest generation still around now. The present younger generations don't even remember the 20th century. These are all different reasons why society has changed, and not for the better.
Another sad thing is that almost everyone today, even those like us who miss the way it once was, feel pressured to try and act the way today's society thinks because we're afraid of people giving us shit for trying to act old fashioned and care about values and manners, and many people will give us shit and roll their eyes at any requests to act in such a way
I was a kid then. Flew to Hawaii that year. It’s an amazing, core memory and the flight experience is at the top of it.
Wonderful ads United Airlines had.
Leo Burnett was our ad agency back then, they were awesome!
I miss the Tulip, and all of those 727s! ❤️
57 27 were my favorites
@@kevingallaher703 both gone! Only Delta still operates it because the performance of that aircraft is not matched by any of its class nowadays even when their average age is pushing 25 years.
Managed to fly with United January 1981 SEA-SFO Boeing 727-222 non advanced with an extra emergency exit door before the wing interesting configuration with overhead hat racks with small doors attached. Hot meal served and great service. Glad to experience United service over 40 years ago and I miss the Tulip!
The 'Tulip' logo is United Airlines always.
Ansett 727.
This is awesome! Thanks for posting!
I remember these commercials
That's a mighty fine stash you've got there Ben, and in high quality too! :D
I remember when their flights were called "Friendship Service." UAL was so great in the 1980's.
When customer service at Airlines mattered.
Everyone is talking about how much airlines have regressed but can we take a moment to talk about how much COMMERCIALS have regressed?? All these ads have heart and character to them, and the reel ends with one of the catchiest jingle songs I’ve ever heard. Compare that to today’s ads that are just cringy stock footage, lazy graphics, and voice-overs. I wish we can return to 80’s style commercials.
Peak culture
Today’s adverts seem more concerned with ticking every single DEI box rather than actually selling the product or convincing us why we should use it. They are like political lectures.
Great video. Those were the great days of flying.
We strive to keep you HIGHLY SATISFIED !
Such a contrast to the slicker ads in the late 80s that used “Rhapsody In Blue.” These were a lot more hokey and pure in a way
assaultislove I think the Gershwin ads are much better. There was no international routes, only domestic.
@ascotberks2018 that's right! I forgot about that. Pan Am and Braniff had the international routes.
@@ascotberks2018 Yeah, I prefer the Gershwin ads too. These ads were of a time when United only flew as far as Hawaii. Them buying Pan Am's routes in the late 80s and expanding really repositioned them as a global airline
God, society was so wholesome. And the airlines weren't fucking evil back then.
Neither were the passengers.
@@byromania Some passengers are evil. Others are just being abused by power-hungry airline employees.
wow, 1984 airliners has bigger seats and pillows
Well, less people flew back then.
Such an awesome line
7:20 Ugh, my heart just melted. 😍
This was before all the paycuts staff had to take, turning them surly.
The skies aren't friendly these days. I flew from california to virginia and i had to pay for a meal. Used to be free up until the late 2000s
From the beginning the personal, one-on-one friendly skies spirit of the people of United has set this airline apart.
And through the years our advertising has always reflected that.
You are, and always have been the friendly skies.
You're not just another face along the way to another place.
You're the pride of United's friendly skies.
So before you go, my friend, we want you to know, my friend -
you're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies!
On your way you're climbing high
Like a morning sun in a golden sky
so many new horizons waiting for you
We got so many ways to fly you
With United standing by you
You're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies!
Reach out (reach out!) for the brightest star that you can find.
The higher you reach, the higher you can climb!
Flying high across the land
We're giving you everything we can
We've got more to give along the way
Wherever you go, we go too
We've got the land United for you (United for you!)
You're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies!
(You're not just flying!)
You're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies!
You're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies!
(You know you're not just flying!)
You're not just flying - you're flying the friendly skies!
Very nice reading the lyrics!
Carrier's own flight kitchens are almost non existent anymore.
Actually after we merged with Continental, we have our own kitchens in Houston, Cleveland, Honolulu, Denver, and Newark!
@@Longbeachliner My February 2020 UA flight, between D.C. & Mexico City; the slop served in First Class, for a 5.5 hour flight, (between capitals) was an absolute disgrace. I would not feed my dog, this vile garbage served us! Nextime, I will fly Aero Mexico, or another foreign carrier.
The guy that winked at the gate agent would be charged with sexual harassment today.
and then fired
The world sucks nowadays! But we all know who is causing all this.
@@nuniabiz7982True that, I'm already sick of this wretched so-called modern day societal hellhole!😤
Wow...all I am able to say is...wow!
What has happened to the world? 1984 is only 30 years ago. So glad to have lived during a time when customer service actually mattered.
4:00 Born in Seattle in 1973, turning 49 in 2022, and my mother in her 80s (healthy, but we know that her time is "finite" at that age), this choked me up, right on the spot. They were probably not really mother and son, just actors, but still, Heaven bless them!
Back when UA was my go to airline! Loved UA. After the CO merger it went down hill. LONG LIVE THE TULIP!
They should have never pac manned our Continental. We were doing great.
Make sure you ship 50 billion of those okay man who just borrowed my calculator I randomly met
0:28 recorded at 4/27/84 bro
I believe United was employee owned partly at this time. As a kid, we had a blast on United. Everyone was so friendly from the pilots to the FA who fussed over us and gave us wings and playing cards. Now all the FAs try and hide in the back.
Things were so elegant then. I'm wondering what the guy was selling that the guy with the dead battery needed 350,000,000 of? 🤔
DIldos. Guy ran a dildo business.
Probably something to do with construction or contractors.
350,000,000 different ways to ruin an airline’s reputation. United used 144,845,902 38,005 26 747,747 800,000 and 211,009,842.
Widgets.
Widgets
I want to go back in time and fly on United DC-10.
Nestel Berg United 747 was the best
This was a different time than what the world has become. People have digressed in many ways, especially manners and appreciation. Companies have gotten so greedy, now fly when it's absolutely necessary instead because even though it was more expensive, they just wanted to, complete families fly to vacation, now we drive.
1984: welcome to the friendly skies
2020:welcome to the unfriendly skies
United in 2020! The new AmeriKa! Their new commercial! ua-cam.com/video/lQ_BwnbSrWs/v-deo.html
Unfriendly skies I'd say is about right. They seem to care about people in the 80's. Delta Air Lines did when I've flown Dekta in the 80's and 90's.
2021 welcome to Walt Airlines.
All airlines have changed their business and now want low fares over better service. A tip I have is to fly on United and Delta’s larger planes if you want good service. Because of seniority you get better service on larger planes.
Airlines made more effort back then...customer service wise.
United Airlines was primarily a US domestic airline back in the 80s. Cross-country B747 flights were an every-day occurrence. You could even fly a B747 from Los Angeles to San Francisco daily back then. UA began its first international route to Tokyo, Japan in 1983 and expanded their Trans-Pacific destinations with the acquisition of Pan Am’s Pacific, and South America routes several short years later. Trans Atlantic (European) destinations flown by United did not begin until the early 1990s, finally making UA a global airline but still far behind TWA, American, Delta, Continental and even Pan Am. United Airlines post 2020... uh, my crystal ball just fogged up!!!
It is sad UA mismanaged the Latin America hub they got from Pan Am, and once again after the merger with CO (which at the time was much larger internationally), the new UA once again had a huge Latin America network that has slowly been mismanaged once again seeing some of the most profitable routes in the entire system be discontinued. Now when booking travel to Latin America passengers do better to look at AA or DL for US carriers, CM or AV or LA for Latin carriers, or NK for low cost. My last few flights from Central America in UA have been horrendous in business class - the food was inedible, the FA’s did not speak Spanish and were rude if not racist, the schedule is now inconvenient at best, for how awful the service was we booked our next flights on AV figuring they have a better business class product, better schedule, and the fare is the same and within the same alliance
United Airlines was the official airline of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
My friend, you're flying through friendly skies and yet you're posting videos for us. You sure aren't just another face, Ben. ^^
Samantha Jones likes the sweet rolls! 5:07
was that really Samantha jones?
@@f9mike I'd guess Sam Jones wasn't born yet.
I always like United !
Even the way the planes were decorated was better. I miss Rhapsody in Blue. It was iconic. I miss everything about those days ,when flying had “class” and leg room and actual food if you wanted it on long flights. Today flying is just like Greyhound-load em in like cattle and hope no one throws a temper tantrum.
United still plays the rhapsody in blue in their international flights
I was born in Seattle in 1973. Does anybody remember a song from the United Airlines commercials, probably late 70s, where the words went, "United Airlines, we're taking off, that a day, is a day!"
Nice airline that was formed in Boise,Idaho
7:10 Id hate to be the next guy who uses that pillow...
These weren't bad. Made me a bit nostalgic.
5:39 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
And then kids it went to hell with Continental
There are few better examples of money well spent today than paying $100 more for a JetBlue transcon ticket over UA.
No sour grapes on my part.
As a Sales Manager working in a virtual office during the 90s, I escaped much of the increasingly awful treatment of employees by upper management.
But, due to continued devaluation of employees, including front-line employees, how could service not degrade?
I have worked in the industry since '87. Have seen a 100 percent decline in the front line workers. Sad,very sad. I hear it's in all industries in this country. There are no morals.
united airlines in 1984: a nice and comfortable flight
united airlines now: *drags someone off the plane*
United Airlines From The 70s 80s And Early 90s Iconic Tulip Logo Beautiful Commercial
USA USA
Nice to see what the airline industry was like back then before the deregulation forced the major airlines to cut back on services and compete only on price. From what I heard, the airlines back then provided much better services and the customers had better appreciation for the services they were getting. I also heard that the customers considered air travel to be special, so they dressed up for every flight travel. How times have changed. On the one hand, the deregulation made flight travel more affordable to more people, but on the other hand, it forced the airlines to cram more people into each flight to try to make the same revenue per passenger mile as before, leading to deterioration of travel experience for all passengers (crowded planes, crowed airports, crowded air spaces in the skies leading to flight delays, etc.). The deregulation ended the "Golden Era of Air Travel".
Today, airlines make more profit overall because there are so many more people flying, but the revenue per passenger mile actually declined (adjusted for inflation), primarily due to lower ticket prices (driven by competition), according to a report by the GAO. So there you have it. Deregulation drove up the competition, which led to lower ticket prices, forcing airlines to cram more people into each flight and cut back on services to avoid financial losses (total sum of fares paid by all the passengers on a flight must be equal to or greater than the high cost of operating the jet aircraft, to avoid losses). When people complain about poor airline services and, yet, at the same time, demand lower air fares, they tend to forget that it is very,, very expensive to operate jet aircraft and that the airlines suffered significant losses (as in billions of dollars of losses) in the past when they didn't properly balance the cost of operating each aircraft with the ticket prices that the passengers were willing to pay. The demise of venerable airlines, such as Pan AM and TWA, should serve as a reminder of what can happen if an airline simply can't cut back costs fast enough to compete with lower-service competitors.
The crew make me like to make friend with them
This feels so wrong holding my iPad and thinking it’s this thin. Obviously TVs used to be huge.
I just saw Sorrell Brooke!
00:58 Food service, no gloves. Luv United though
That boeing fleet 😍
And Douglas too! We had a large fleet of DC-10's and DC-8's also!
Prior to ‘84 United wasn’t flying to ATL?
We had served Atlanta in the past, but pulled out for a few years. Returned in the early eighties!
I think Delta and Eastern both used ATL as a hub.
United had hubs in Seattle or Miami?
They did...I was there!
✈ 🎶 *"The Friendly Skies of Your Lsnd, UNITED Airlines* 🎶👍🏼
Not even comparable with the sad flight attendants of today.
0:07 R.I.P my ears on headphones! How bout a warning next time!
Spirit Airlines has the same, uh, Spirit...
Exactly.
Yeah... No.😑
0:43 uhoh
Is that Walter Matthau at 1:22?
Just realized, that's him alright! He looks a bit like Walter Cronkite when he smiles
Charles Napier (Murdock) from Rambo 1st blood at 2:06 and the guy before that says nuh uh was in Ace Ventura as the police Sgt. (John Capodice)
the 1975 clip sure looks like it has character actor Sorrell Booke (pre-Dukes of Hazzard days)
That is not Walter Mautthau at 1:22.
@@charlesjwin it is
that appears to be prolific character actor John Crawford as the main man here.
🧡❤️💙
The announcer sounds alot alike (same as?) the Sears 100th anniversary video
sweet roll guy said waaay tooo many words starting with S over those rolls.
Ahh, back when customers were decent and not entitled turds.
O:14 what the he**
its all gone now they dont even offer an international first class cabin only polaris primitive Business class…..
I flew UA Global First Class to Brazil, then TAM Brazil First Class to Argentina. TAM beat United hands down! Also, both TAP Air Portugal & LOT Poland's Business Class was better than United's First Class, by a mile. Sad, how far United had slipped by 2011. Now in 2020, they are the Spirit Airlines of international carriers.
After reading all the comments, it definitely sounds like somebody should create an airline that goes back to the roots of actual customer service, but I doubt it will make any money since it’s become such a cutthroat industry with pricing people always pick the cheapest service which usually comes with Horrible customer service
But if they would have an airline domestically, that was a more top-tier service for just a little bit extra people would prefer to book it. I know I would the closest so far is JetBlue, but the customer service is not like this
....
For years now, every time I hear "United Airlines" I think of this song:
ua-cam.com/video/5YGc4zOqozo/v-deo.html
Los americanos sí que hacen las cosas bien
should've use Rhapsody in Blue
United Airlines probably didn't adopt Rhapsody in Blue until later.
Are the United Airlines crew in the ads only actors not actual employees?
Actors...I was an actual FA then..
現美聯航用美大航商標！
737/727 smaller 😂😂😂😂
Needs more Gershwin
PIX Promos & More that started in 1988. United’s ads seemed to be a lot more folksy and hokey before the stroke of genius of the Gershwin/Rhapsody in Blue campaign
The Rhapsody in Blue ads are better.
Jeez, were we really that corny back then? Also violating people's space? Lordy.
So many comments about this showing the ostensible halcyon days of flying. It was just as if not worse than it is now - smoking, drunk passengers, surly flight attendants, crap food, limited entertainment. Sleeping upright on a thin pillow is somehow the standard for having a great flight? Please.
Sorry, but that statement is not true. I grew up with Delta in the 70s because my mom worked for them. Flying was indeed a much nicer experience then than it is now. Even in the 80s, it was still nice. Of course there were disruptions on flights, but nowhere near the level of today. And speaking of food, one of the best meals I ever had was in 1983 on Republic Airlines from Memphis to Los Angeles. In Coach, we were given a choice of two entrees: Rock Cornish Game Hen, or Beef Wellington....in Coach! I have never forgotten it!
i was born in 1995 so I don't know back then but the only things to be nostalgic for likely are the free food, less intrusive security, and perhaps slightly greater seat pitch and width (I don't know the dimensions). There was no on-demand entertainment, basic economy, online check-in or booking, etc.
These are all sweet advertisements until the rear or front cargo door blows out and sends the plane down in a nosedive.
Not a single black, Asian, or Hispanic passenger in any of these.
They were all up in first class.
Some of these commercials are a bit creepy.....Jesus that song at the end.....
You have to wonder how many of the people appearing in these commercials are NO LONG WITH US? If you know please respond. God Bless