re: What was air travel like before 9/11?

Before 9/11 I could fly without "randomly" being pulled out for a patented pat down and grab.

I use to fly often before and after for multitude of reasons. It changed. I did not mind at all. I am Creole and some airports can't tell the difference between a coon-arse and an Arab.

I smiled and asked for the lady to do it.

Once the body scanners became a thing I quit flying as much. Wasn't going to go through that shite or opt out and get groped by some pervert.

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average stupid america

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You are one angry mofo. Constant negativity is not a good look.

The day before it decades before?

The day before, flying was pretty much the same (bus with wings). Boarding and security were much easier.

Decades before?

People actually got dressed up to fly.

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I imagine security had really ramped up on the first flights after, right? What was security like on the first flight?

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I was flying pretty much every week back then. Was in western NY on 9/11 and drove home a few days after, as airlines were still repositioning aircraft to try to get back to a regular schedule.

We stopped travel for about three weeks (nervous, I guess). My next trip was to Dallas at the beginning of October. The plane stopped in Jackson, MS, and I deplaned because it was a long turnaround. When we got off the plane, there were two national guard guys holding rifles in the alert position. It's the only time I ever saw that in an airport.

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that was my entry level position

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You were the vector victor guy?

Roger, Roger

Easy peasy! The last flight I took was to Ground Zero thru hot lanta in Nov. of that year.
Haven't flown since.

I remember the days when on longer flights, the pilot would walk around the plane to talk to kids and hit on women.