She was ahead of her time. Entitled smoker Karen would fit in so well with modern society.

@ryansdailymemes5972

2 жыл бұрын

FINALLY A KAREN COMMENT

@WhatALoadOfTosca

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the entitled person sitting behind who would be offended by her friend wanting to wear a fur ;)

@claresherman2278

2 жыл бұрын

@@WhatALoadOfTosca How would that make her entitled?

@gm12551

2 жыл бұрын

Fair chance she would be Invisible Karen lol

@richardhoating23

2 жыл бұрын

@@claresherman2278 She thinks she's entitled to her cigarette 🚬, but she's mistaken..

Yes young people. The “non-smoking” areas used to be right next to nasty-ass cigarette smoke (with no divider) in planes, restaurants, etc.

@snuffbeats6056

2 жыл бұрын

CHOCOLATE RAIN!

@conwilcon967

2 жыл бұрын

@@snuffbeats6056 fr lol this dude pioneered youtube

@olicoasters

2 жыл бұрын

TAYZONDAY NO WAY

@lisa_of_the_valleys

2 жыл бұрын

Blows young people's minds when I tell them when I was a teen, high schools had a smoking section for the students who smoke.

@williamdunn1000

2 жыл бұрын

ya they should have at least had some of that plexiglass divider stuff that popped up over the last two years

Having a smoking section on a plane is like having a peeing section in the public swimming pool…

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukes7479 so, you are cool with a separate peeing section in the swimming pool?

@melissaconnellyjones2622

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, spot on description!

@bb22602

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukes7479 Both my parents, one grandparent, one cousin, and three aunts died of smoking related issues. I HATE SMOKING and would like to see it disappear from the planet. And I certainly do NOT want to be exposed to the emissions of fools who want to suck carbon monoxide, tar and nicotine into their lungs. If you want to smoke on an airplane, go sit on the wing. Without a seat belt.

@MrJimheeren

2 жыл бұрын

@@bb22602 relax a little. Have a smoke. You seem stressed. You are not allowed to smoke on airplanes for over 25 years. Why be so mad about about it

@Luv2Ski4500

2 жыл бұрын

I flew to Spain in the no smoking section which was the row in front of the smoking section. The smoke didn’t know it was supposed to stop at the seat behind me. Worst flight ever. I’d rather have been in a pool at least then I don’t know if someone has peed. 😂

I remember making this video. We had fun. There were others training videos too. Oh what fun we had at the Pan Am Flight Academy. Many life long friends from those days.

@Amtran727

2 жыл бұрын

I was at TWA during that same period, the good old days. I am glad I was able to experience that service and take my mom on many First Class trips, we had a blast. She was my traveling buddy.

@JokeriPokeri17

2 жыл бұрын

Tell us, is there more videos about emergencies etc.? I'm dying to know!

@jvolstad

2 жыл бұрын

Which one were you?

@trevorgwelch7412

2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever see an Alien Space ship ? Daily occurrence's in 2022

@easterntrees

2 жыл бұрын

Annita, are you the lady in green behind the two ladies in this video? I was trying to determine from your own youtube videos, but it's hard to tell because of the resolution of this video. if that's you, I loved that you were waving the smoke away from your face at the end of the first example. even before I read your comment, it made me laugh out loud.

I grew up as a non smoker in a smoking family. In the 70’s I flew transatlantic on a packed plane with two smoker friends who chose to sit in the smoking zone. They were smoking on each side of me, with 3 smokers in front of me and 3 in back of me. I realized that it was preferable to sit by myself in nonsmoking than gag on the smoky air and arrive smelling like an ashtray. It was disgusting.

@ERTChimpanzee

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I was born in 1990. Now being 32 I have healthy lungs. I have never smoked at all and everything has changed a lot since 1990's.

@festusbojangles7027

2 жыл бұрын

@@ERTChimpanzee you're fun at parties

@ERTChimpanzee

2 жыл бұрын

@@festusbojangles7027 My party is behind PS4. ;)

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218

2 жыл бұрын

You would smell like an ashtray after you sat in the "non-smoking section" as well.

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218

2 жыл бұрын

@@festusbojangles7027 parties, bars, and planes are totally different places.

Forget the smoking zones, can we take a moment to appreciate how much leg room people had in coach back in the 80s??

@747heavyboeing3

Жыл бұрын

Better service too . The best airlines today aren't in the USA anymore.

@Tony-InLosAngeles

10 ай бұрын

Fr

“Ma’am, perhaps you didn’t know you’re sitting on top of 8,000 pounds of fuel.” Lol

@Tfontaine209

2 жыл бұрын

Lol!

@jayme5280

2 жыл бұрын

lmao!

@Ozymandias1

2 жыл бұрын

You can throw a burning cigarette into a jerrycan full of gasoline and nothing will happen apart from the cigarette being extinguised. It’s the gas/air mixture that is flammable.

@MinneapolisDavid

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ozymandias1 I know. But most don’t and sure would get an idiot to put out the Smokey treat real fast!

@roachtoasties

2 жыл бұрын

That really wasn't an issue. if fuel fumes were leaking into the passenger cabin at anywhere near the intensity to catch fire, you wouldn't want to be on that airplane at any cost.

Reminds me of the scene in Airplane! when Striker buys his ticket and asks for "smoking," and the clerk gives him a ticket that is literally smoking 😂

@PanAmMuseum

2 жыл бұрын

Roger that, Roger. What’s our vector, Victor?

@jbar_85

2 жыл бұрын

That is SUCH a classic!

@twown

2 жыл бұрын

How he survived I'll never know. Howie survived? No, Howie died.

@traviskilmer542

2 жыл бұрын

@@PanAmMuseum We have clearance Clarence!

@Anonymous551656

2 жыл бұрын

@@traviskilmer542 This is Captian Oveur, over!

Imagine if the flight attendant had asked her to wear a mask! 😬

@thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767

2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that...

@SpottinPlanesForLife

2 жыл бұрын

@@thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767 😹😹😹😹😭😭😂😂😂😂😹😫😫😫😫😫😫😫🤣🤣🤣

@margaritisskg

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@hughargonne6134

2 жыл бұрын

mAsKs SaVe LiVeS

@michaelbashta631

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about that, too, but there aren't mask and no-mask sections on planes, unfortunately, but maybe that would be a good idea!

I will never forget that "DING" followed by the immediate lighting up of the cigarettes.

@andydaniel2

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, don't remind me. In my early days of flying, the non-smoking section was maybe 8 rows or so, but by the time they banned it it had changed so much that the smoking section was down to about 4-6 rows. But you're 100% right about that. Many of them had their cigs and lighters in hand during take-off.

@Ben-xe8ps

2 жыл бұрын

@@andydaniel2 A bit exaggerated I think about the cigs and lighters in their hand during take off, but yes. Many passengers were nervous of flying and that first cigarette after take off worked wonders to settle then down, relax then and ease their nerves.

@richardbarrett7236

2 ай бұрын

I loved that ding! 👍🏼

It is absolutely insane that there was a time when smoking was allowed on planes…the amount of things that could’ve gone wrong.

@paul06660

2 жыл бұрын

You ask a lot of those same people who smoked and are still alive now a days. They will tell you it is absolutely insane how the world turned about face on the habit.

@thegreat_I_am

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think many planes crashed because someone was smoking, but thank goodness it’s banned. People used to smoke in theatres and cinemas as well. You looked around in the dark and all you could see were little orange glows. That was more dangerous.

@Ozymandias1

2 жыл бұрын

@@thegreat_I_am At music concerts everyone pulled their lighters out and I think that was more charming than everyone pulling out their mobile phone to film the same concert that thousands of other people are already recording and which you can find on KZread or Facebook the next day.

@francoiss6911

2 жыл бұрын

@@thegreat_I_am Air Canada 797 crashed due to a fire from an improperly disposed of cigarette, put out in a lavatory bin. Varig 820 also had a fire in the lavatory as well, which caused the FAA to ban smoking from all lavatories. The risks are far greater on an aircraft than in a movie theatre, if there is a fire, there are escapes readily accessible. There is limited space to move to and smoke can quickly fill a plane, let alone not having access to clean air or taking 15-20 minutes to reach a suitable landing site if possible, let alone over the middle of the Atlantic like this Pan Am flight it supposed to be doing.

@capitainebonhomme1609

2 жыл бұрын

"the amount of things that could go wrong" What about alcohol? That should be banned on flights. It's a source of many disruptive passengers.

In Mississippi we actually had a smoking section at my high school until 1990. The rules were that that you had to have a note from your parent saying it was ok. You had to be a senior. You could only smoke during lunch time or breaks and only in the designated area which was out by the steps of the auditorium. A few smoking teachers would occasionally even join us! They could also smoke in the teachers’ lounge. Hard to believe! Times sure change.

@kennethsouthard6042

2 жыл бұрын

My high school in California had a smoking section as well and I graduated in 82. I think it was still there when my brother graduated in 88. I remember in elementary school walking past the teacher's lounge was like crossing into Marlboro Country.

@cbeaucrawford

2 жыл бұрын

My high school had an unauthorized wide irrigation ditch nearby under trees where smoke billowed all day long and the only teachers braving the journey past the portable buildings joined in. Ah, the '70s

@seeleygirl6178

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, same, back in the day, 😂

@jenniferburchill3658

2 жыл бұрын

I still remember the ashtrays in the faculty lounges...

@desertrose1226

2 жыл бұрын

I started high school JUST after the ban on smoking and it was great because all my family smoked I’d go to school to get away from the stink!

I remember how DISGUSTING the walls of the planes looked back then. Yellow grime all over. And the fact that airlines thought that those screens helped to prevent the smoke from bothering pax in the rows ahead of them...

@jeffreyanderson1851

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, I remember well the caramel nicotine stain on the walls and ceilings. My least favorite color.

@danapb

2 жыл бұрын

That really was ridiculous. One bulkhead was not going to stop the smoke from drifting into the non smoking section. Also the recycled air!

@jenniferburchill3658

2 жыл бұрын

My grandmother's house had the same tar-and-nicotine film coating every single wall.

@mynamehappy

2 жыл бұрын

Fun, and somewhat silly fact about the tar stains; aircraft mechanics were somewhat inconvenienced once smoking was banned because the the stains left by cigarette smoke would help them visually diagnose cabin pressure leaks with ease. If there was a leak all the smoke would get sucked into it and leave heavier stains around the crack or whatever the issue happened to be.

@scottthompson9923

2 жыл бұрын

@@danapb just like face diapers nowadays

Wow, I’m old enough to have actually smoked on a plane. Now as a non smoker I’m seeing how ridiculous it was to even have a smoking section. No one informed the smoke that it must stay in its zone.

@olderbutyoung7959

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda like wearing a mask to protect against Covid, right?

@Stray..

2 жыл бұрын

@@olderbutyoung7959 Smokers blow their smoke out of their mouths over long distances, mask keep the germs of 100 to 300 people confined.

@shananagans5

2 жыл бұрын

lol Yea, I am also old enough to have smoked on a plane. As I recall, the smoking section was in back and the air system was set up so the air flowed from front to back. That said, no doubt the non smokers could still smell it. As a kid, I really hated smoking. I have strong memories of my grandmother smoking in the car. How I started smoking is beyond me but now that I am a non smoker again I, again, realize how repulsive the smell is. Not to mention the yellow walls etc. It gets into everything.

@hicknopunk

2 жыл бұрын

Smoke cannot pass row 45. It just literally can't. 😉

@Stray..

2 жыл бұрын

@@hicknopunk 😆🚬💨🚭4️⃣5️⃣

I’m only 50 and I remember smoking sections in hospitals, movie theaters, restaurants, pretty much everywhere. And cars had ashtrays too. I feel like I got shifted into another dimension, this one, and I don’t care for it. Lol

@suspiciouswatermelon7639

2 жыл бұрын

I miss free America.

@jman5949

2 жыл бұрын

I'm only 30 and I miss the smell of cigarettes in bars, and restaurants. Can't even smoke in a bar anymore. If you find a way back, I might join you.

The first approach is the way people should be spoken to. 👏

This is wild the level of argument they got into and at the end the person is like "take away this orange juice and bring me a coke", an extremely petty move that customers absolutely will do. Very realistic. Quite impressive.

I have so much respect for flight attendants throughout aviation history. Working customer service in the air where the passengers can’t leave until the plane lands sounds like hell. I’m sure there are a lot of great moments too, but the awful ones seem amplified compared to typical customer service interactions on the ground. Yay flight attendants!

@enemdisk6628

2 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget that flight attendants are crucial for aviation safety. That's their core purpose to keep things save and sound in the cabin.

@craisins95

2 жыл бұрын

@@enemdisk6628 that’s absolutely right

WOW that actress really nailed the part of the rude and obnoxious passenger. Some things never change! However now when a flight attendant tries to enforce the rules they get cursed out and punched in the face. So many lowlifes flying today, they could care less who they offend.

@cigmorfil4101

2 жыл бұрын

You mean they actual care a bit, however small, about whom they offend?

@patricialavallee8286

2 жыл бұрын

AMEN..low life's, in general population Downfall of America

@RJLupin-zu9xv

2 жыл бұрын

@@cigmorfil4101 That's what it says. I hate these Word Crimes...

@snappybabby4646

2 жыл бұрын

Forget about going to a boxing match; if you want serious ring-side entertainment and action you arm yourself, book a flight, then board sit back and wait for the action. Throw around a few passive aggressive comments if it's necessary to get the rumble started.

@pride293

2 жыл бұрын

could care less...i always have to try and remember what that means. I could care less. There is always someone lower than you are.

This makes me nostalgic for the 70’s, my family and i were on pan am flight overseas and we got placed in the non smoking section, so my chain smoking uncle would go stand in the galley to smoke and it was allowed, on the pan am 747… I also remember sitting next to my brother and as the plane was ready to descend, he was smoking and showing me how to blow smoke rings… absolutely crazy by today’s standards

@jenniferburchill3658

2 жыл бұрын

Wow. He'd never be able to fly nowadays with an addiction like that.

@acb9896

2 жыл бұрын

Cool, since the title says mid 80s, that really means alot.

@Omar-xg3lm

2 жыл бұрын

The world was awesome back then

@doriasalmon4790

2 жыл бұрын

@@Omar-xg3lm yes indeed, i miss those days

@bobhughes9628

2 жыл бұрын

@@acb9896 Don't you go by DB?

I remember going to restaurants with my family as a child and hearing the seaters ask "smoking or non-smoking" and it amazed me that it was always in the same building, sometimes not even a separate room.

@banana9106

2 жыл бұрын

I remember people smoking in my workplaces.

@bwc1976

2 жыл бұрын

One of the few things I don't miss about the 80's!

@banana9106

2 жыл бұрын

@@bwc1976 Working with smokers was the worst, because there was no way of escaping the toxic fug and it permeated your hair and clothing.

@desertrose1226

2 жыл бұрын

@@banana9106 I must have STUNK! All my childhood I lived with smokers. 3 to be exact, all smoked a lot of cigs every day around me. My mother (died 2020 from stomach cancer most likely caused by smoking) deeply regretted smoking around me but my grandparents didn’t seem to care tbh. I cannot bear the smell of cigs these days it makes me feel sick.

@banana9106

2 жыл бұрын

@@desertrose1226 I remember going out to nightclubs when I was 16+ in 1986 onwards. The connection between smoking and cancer had been established some 30 years earlier, yet the clubs were full of people smoking. My parents rarely smoked, but both grandfathers and one grandmother smoked. One grandfather had a series of strokes, the other had some sort of emphysema or COPD type of disease that killed him and my grandmother had cancer. I worked for a now defunct drug discovery company called "Peptide Therapeutics" in 1996. It was in rented units and there was no smoking in the labs, but the canteen and offices were full of people puffing away as they worked. There was even one older ex medical doctor who used to smoke a pipe and cigars. Horrible when it goes on in your home or workplace, because it is not like you have much choice about either.

Flight attendant: There's really nothing I can do, we have regulations that we have to enforce The friend: It's not bothering me, I don't care Flight attendant: *I missed the part where that's my problem*

@hicknopunk

2 жыл бұрын

This kind of thing really happens. So many times some sad person needs to bring their dog on the bus. I usually speak right up to the driver and say I am good with it. I am literally the exact type of person the rule is trying to "protect".

The patience of those heroes is legendary

"In the meantime, can I get you something else? Perhaps some coffee, or a throat lozenge for that raspy smoker's voice?"

@howward4071

2 жыл бұрын

Bahahahaha

The thought of a smoking "zone" inside of an airplane is unimaginably horrible to me. And I am a smoker.

@jeromelombardo6053

2 жыл бұрын

The smoking zone was at the very back of the plane.

@migbham1

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeromelombardo6053 Yes. At the back, but still inside of the tube.

@Colaholiker

2 жыл бұрын

@@migbham1 Right, but cabin airflow goes from the front to the back and from the top to the bottom, reducing (while not totally eliminating) the effect of the smoke towards the front.

@Colaholiker

2 жыл бұрын

@Allison Hunter and I am glad they did. 😁

@migbham1

2 жыл бұрын

@Moonlight I honestly hate the smell. I've never smoked in my car or home for this reason. I don't mind the smell when I'm smoking, but the though of being closed in a tube (or anything) with it makes me nauseous.

I’m a smoker and I’m glad they got rid of smoking altogether.

My dad smoked and I remember in the 80's when we flew he would ask to switch seats with some random person in the back. And they almost always did, just switch seats for 5 minutes haha. In hindsight it is really funny that you could only smoke in the back of the plane, as if it made a huge difference.

@connormcclintock6562

2 жыл бұрын

I've never been on a smoking flight but it might actually have made a difference, the air in a pressurized cabin is completely recycled every couple of minutes with the airflow going to an overboard valve usually in the front or back of the plane. If its at the back the smoke and smell would naturally be carried away from the rest of the passengers by the cabin air flow

@exjock4foodie

2 жыл бұрын

Why not stand in the back and smoke?

@kona702

2 жыл бұрын

@@exjock4foodie you weren't allowed to be moving around the cabin with a cigarette or standing, you had to be sitting in a seat.

@erikh9991

2 жыл бұрын

@@kona702 Absolutes never hold true. My flight on United Airlines Summer of 1983 to Japan had most of the men in the back smoking and gambling. The smoke layer hit the arms rest. There was no escaping the smoke. The plane did not filter the air like they do now.

@austinlawler3739

2 жыл бұрын

@@exjock4foodie I don't believe it was allowed. Like today (possibly back then) you can not stand in the isle, or congregate around the galley. Its too long ago to remember the reason. But it seems plausible.

I love how they filmed the acting people being annoyed afterwards.

@twown

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. That is such a hilarious and unnecessary touch. You're right.

I remember my first flight (well round trip actually) on a Monarch A300, we were travelling as an extended family and while my Grandad was sat with us in the non-smoking section he would manage to find a spare seat "down the back" every hour or so for his fix and I'd wander down and chat with him (and explore as it was of course my first plane ride). As cabin crew now, I can really appreciate not having smoking on board at all as it makes situations like this a lot easier to handle rather than having a conversation along the lines of "well I've got a smoking seat in the back but I'm just having a quick one here with a friend". That said, I've dealt with smokers on flights before and they have always been difficult...

I remember when I was a kid in the late 90’s early 00’s when you would be asked “smoking or non-smoking?” When you arrived at a restaurant. Man we’ve come a long way!

@Sparky-ww5re

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Probably until around '02 or '03. And I remember there was a divider. My Aunt Linda graduated in 1971, married the same year. When Disney in Orlando open late that year they flew from the Metro Detroit Airport to Orlando non stop, they reserved the smoking section because they both smoked at the time. Linda actually started in her senior year, in high school. Aunt Linda and Uncle Bill have long since kicked the habit and feel much healthier. But back then then they were in high school in the late 1960s we didn't know what we know now, about the various health effects smoking has on you, and that second hand smoke is as dangerous as actually smoking. We've come a long way

The *brilliant* radio sitcom "Cabin Pressure" has a *brilliant* solution to this in its second episode (Boston) when a smoking passenger goes to the lavatory to smoke. Setting off the smoke alarm he is "firmly" informed that it is a non-smoking flight and the crew agrees that he won't smoke again and if the smoke alarm goes off again it must be a real fire so the flight attendant (the *brilliant* Arthur) is authorised to override the door lock and extinguish the fire, however small and glowy red it is...

I remember traveling Pan Am internationally as a family. We could often lift up the arm rests and sleep horizontally because planes weren't always packed.

@747heavyboeing3

Жыл бұрын

And people weren't as overweight and rude.

You think smoking on planes was crazy? I was a Candy Striper volunteer in a hospital in the late 70s. I was about 13, or 14 years old and my job was to empty and clean the ashtrays from the patient's rooms. Yes, you read that correctly. Very sick patients were allowed to smoke in their beds. Insane!

@newbarker523

2 жыл бұрын

That's mad! BTW, from the UK and had to Google "Candy Striper". Nice term.

@shannonbradley4699

2 жыл бұрын

@@newbarker523 It was a very long time ago. We don't have them in hospitals anymore. We thought we were cute. Hahaha

Can you imagine someone having the same level of audacity about smoking on a flight today!? LOLOL

i remember going to perkins restaurants in the 90s as a kid and literally the whole place was heavy with smoke!

I'm just glad I'm the only passenger on our state-run Air Koryo planes who is allowed to smoke, even though I can fly a plane without the need of a co-pilot, I'd rather chillax because being a leader of a nation is hard work

@newbarker523

2 жыл бұрын

Flying Air Koryo is far riskier to your health than smoking!

I was on one of the last transcontinental flights that allowed smoking, EWR to SFO. We had a blast at the back end of the plane! The flight attendant was smoking! I DID feel sorry for the passengers up front, but we all knew this was the last hurrah. Little booze bottles and smokes at 9:00 am... wow. The 80s were nuts.

"Our smoking section is right outside this door, let me open it for you..."

A smoker AND a fur wearer?! These gals are freaking savages! They probably kept Harrods in business.

@Patrick3183

2 жыл бұрын

It’s patsy and Edina

@goldengalsclazy

2 жыл бұрын

@@Patrick3183 Absolutely Fabulous is hilarious!

@alwillk

2 жыл бұрын

It was the 80s. The pinnacle for selfishness in America which still permeates to this day.

@Bevity

2 жыл бұрын

And their fur stank. It soaks up the fumes.

@fbueller

2 жыл бұрын

Love it!!!

I flew internationally as a kid in the mid 90s and they still had smoking. My parents booked the rear of the plane so they could smoke and throughout the flight my siblings and I had to switch with smokers who would sit next to us and puff away.

Hilarious! My first flight was to the Greek island of Rhodes, in the 80's with my smoking Nan. Of course back then it was totally normal to smoke EVERYWHERE. Being a kid I was also invited up to the cockpit to speak to the Captain etc. That was a common occurence. Happier times in many ways!

@windanthonystream

2 жыл бұрын

As a flight crew member we always encourage children to come into the cockpit to speak with the captain.

@Ben-xe8ps

2 жыл бұрын

@@candyorange266 Never heard of an airline called Olympus. Do you mean Olympic? I would very seriously doubt that a steward would be smoking while serving drinks to passengers in the cabin. In all the 100's of smoking flights I have taken over several decades I have never seen such a thing. Crew smoking away from passengers in the galleys yes, smoking while walking around the cabin serving passengers, never.

@honeyholly001

2 жыл бұрын

In 1996 I went to the cockpit too. And helped the flight attendants hand out lollies on the decent.

We need more of these training videos, there are just pure legendary gold! Thank you for loading this piece!

@PanAmMuseum

2 жыл бұрын

More to come!

I still remember walking into IHOP as a kid “smoking or not smoking?”. I couldn’t imagine that happening now a days.

My first international flight was on TWA back in1988 to London from Los Angeles. Probably 2/3 of the passengers were British and man they smoked back then! I was about sick from it after ten hours on that plane. So glad those days are over.

Love these Pan Am training videos, thanks!

Visiting my neice in Kentucky a year or so ago (we're from Illinois) I was stunned that people were smoking in a restaurant! The greeter told us there was a non smoking section and we chose to sit there. Of course people were smoking in there as well with impunity. As an ex smoker, let me say that once you quit, your body has a violent physical reaction to the smell, and you cannot stand to be subjected to it. I am amazed that in 2022 there are people who still smoke.

@midnightlegcramp8620

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I mean it’s hard. I’m trying to quit, but it just keeps kicking my ass 😭😭😭 The lozenges help, but it’s like, after a meal or having a beer is the WORST thing for it 😖😖😖 Any pointers? I DID cut my smoking in half, but I want to be done with it

@4k-os

2 жыл бұрын

@@midnightlegcramp8620 I had a co-worker who claimed he quit by keeping a stash of toothpicks that were dipped in cinnamon oil. When he felt the urge, he'd grab a toothpick instead. It satisfied the hand-to-mouth habit, and the spiciness of it meant you kept pulling it from your mouth. Personally, after smoking for over a decade, I have finally quit due to a combination of factors: 1. I moved out of state, so I'm away from my smoker-friends social circle, 2. I've replaced the cigarettes with weed (vape, mostly). I have quit a few times in the past, too. What helps me is I can honestly tell myself that quitting doesn't have to be forever. That may or may not work for you, but it helps me by removing a finality of the decision and the guilt of regression. Anyways, good luck to you. Keep trying different things, you will eventually find something that works.

@midnightlegcramp8620

2 жыл бұрын

@@4k-os I sure do appreciate it brother! I think that’s a lot of what’s holding me back is the finality sorta feeling about it. That actually sounds perfect for me! Just pretend like it’s only temporary and just trick my mind that way 🤔 I never even thought about that, I’ll give that a try! Thank you sooo much! God bless you!

imagine how times have changed & staff are now trained how to be rude while the customers are polite.

I love how the title screen is a piece of A4 flapping in the wind.

If only all passengers were as cooperative and nice like that..!

@kanytonaan5594

2 жыл бұрын

Are you mental? The passenger had a typical A-S sense of crony entitlement.

@747heavyboeing3

Жыл бұрын

Before Karen's were common.

I remember the transition to a mostly non smoking world. Smokers were very very angry. I'm grateful for it.

Oscars all round for these performances

In the second part the lady was so skilfully insanely polite!

I disagree with something in the second approach. AFTER the lady acquiesced and put out the cigarette, the attendant continued to prattle on longer explaining the reasons for the rule. This is similar to the situation in sales where the buyer says, "yes" and the salesperson continues selling. You risk unselling and with the smoker risk aggravating or re-aggravating them even more. Further pontification was not needed. I think it would have been better once the attendant "won" to just say thanks and move on to offering beverages or whatever.

@lindsey7951

2 жыл бұрын

Who gives a damn what a passenger thinks there are rules and you will follow them or be rightfully removed. You don't go into someone's business, who you are trying to buy from, and break all their businesses rules and be rude. What's the difference on a plane.

@trainliker100

2 жыл бұрын

@@lindsey7951 You might not give a damn. And I might not give a damn. But from from the nature of the Pan Am TRAINING video, it is rather clear that Pan Am wanted even an obnoxious person handled with kid gloves. It was with THAT goal in mind (Pan Am's) that I made my comment.

@alexbobson6747

2 жыл бұрын

@@trainliker100 uhhhh.....a whole lot nicer than I would be. Ma'am, please put out your cigarette immediately or you will be removed from this flight and banned. End of story. (And I'm a smoker myself) How daft does one need to be?

@trainliker100

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexbobson6747 The problem with that is that it would be a terrible customer service practice. Yes, the person is a pig. But if you take the hard line, you not only lose the pig as a customer (which you might not care about, but their money is also green), you also lose, on average, seven future customers based on what she tells people. And you also make the environment extremely unpleasant for everyone else in the cabin, or at least those within earshot. The jerk's cigarette smoking, true, makes for some unpleasantness. But it is a lousy customer service tactic to "go nuclear" unless there is no alternative. The goal is to get the desired behavior and deescalate, not escalate.

@facethefaceandmore44

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with this. When you've won your point, move on. And reward them for conceding.

I do actually recall one or two "discussions" of this nature occuring on coaches and trains back in the day. Never experienced it on a plane though (I probably don't fly often enough) but thinking back it's amazing that cigarettes, lighters/matches etc. were EVER allowed on any part of these vehicles, especially planes! Not just from the health/social perspective, but from a fire safty perspective as well! It's not like you can just open the window on a plane either...

@emilioincerto

2 жыл бұрын

People were ok handling responsibilities like an adult. I've never smoked, but don't realize why society kept going all 'this is for your safety'.

This was a great training video with realistic dialogue and helpful tips.

Imagine watching this video at work thinking it’s lame back then and now I’m here watching for entertainment 😂

Love it!! Miss those old seats, we had 2 sets of them in our basement, LOL. The flip up trays, ashtrays, love it. So many memories!

@michelletaylor5691

2 жыл бұрын

Young people today are amazed when you tell them that Airlines had smoking and non smoking 🚭 sections.

The smoking area is located on the wing! If you can light it, you can smoke it!

@andydaniel2

2 жыл бұрын

IIRC Southwest FA's sometimes made that joke during the safety lecture.

I have no idea why KZread recommended this (or why I clicked on it instantly and eagerly watched the whole thing) 😳

I moved from WVa (where there was already no smoking inside) to Southern Va back in like, 2008. I got a part time job at an iHop. I was shocked when I saw they still had a smoking section. And yes it was literally just right next to the regular section. I was a smoker at the time and HATED it. What was even more shocking is that you walked in the kitchen to take your break, and you could smoke back THERE. When certain managers were working he’d let cooks smoke ON THE LINE. Crazy. But almost 5 years smoke free!!

I think the flight attendant handled the situation perfectly. The smoking passenger was making a complete nuisance of herself.

@handsoffmycactus2958

2 жыл бұрын

Um…….. you do realise this is a training video and not real? Are you actually for real, you need help if you can’t work out fact and fiction. I swear

@judsonsnell

2 жыл бұрын

@@handsoffmycactus2958 i think we've all collectively found the end of youtube... and the consciousness of man.

In one episode of E.R., a passenger (a stressed doctor on the way to a treatment center for alcoholic physicians) lights up in the lavatory and disables the smoke detector. When he returns to his seat a flight attendant passes by and politely and discreetly informs him that there will be a federal air marshal at the arrival terminal who will arrest him. He somehow convinces her to forget about it.

Flight attendants were so much kinder back then. That lady would be choked out by an Air Marshal in the first minute of that video if it was today.

That was the nicest confrontation I have ever seen

These training videos are always brilliant, they always include the worst types of Karens the customer service person will encounter. Nothing can fully prepare you for meeting one in the wild, but these videos are like boot camp, they get you as close as they can.

@bonkersdonkers7381

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. I wish more companies did this. For instance, it would have prepared me for the both entitled and ghetto Karens that frequented my old job.

@studlyfoxie

2 жыл бұрын

@@bonkersdonkers7381 Yeah, it's a shock when you start to really meet the Karens as the helpless customer service worker. You never imagine a person could act like that until it happens.

@oppressednolonger1497

Жыл бұрын

Karens were very respectful compared to the trash of today

OMG !!! This Channel is EPIC with all these internal training videos. I worked for Pan Am last several years [in Sales] and it brings tears to my eyes-----THANK YOU!!!🙏I will pass the word to the other employees...👌🙌 ❤

@PanAmMuseum

2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

I'm amazed at the leg room!!!

Why did I watch this entire thing? 😵‍💫

Backstory: the lady in the blue dress has a memory disorder and is repeating herself. Her friend in red is accommodating her, even to the point of lighting a second cigarette knowing what the result will be. The flight attendant, a consummate professional, reads the situation and repeats the interaction from before. The other passengers are a mix of too bored to care, too interested to interrupt it, or aware of the situation and playing their parts.

@hicknopunk

2 жыл бұрын

Finally a Momento sequel!

Cut me some slack, Jack! Chump don’ want no help, chump don’ GET da help!

@grease58

2 жыл бұрын

Excuse me, stewardess....I speak jive!

@KarenRose73

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@rowkaz3510

2 жыл бұрын

Cut me some slack, Jack!

Back in dino times I was seated in the row directly in front of the smoking section for a 12 hour flight. Thank goodness there was an empty seat somewhere else and I moved!

Look how wide and comfy those seats look!!

i mean to be fair, having a zone designated that isn't' far from where they are already sitting is insanity.

I would have been more like the first scenario. Ain't nobody got time for that Lol

@christopherpericolosi-king4979

2 жыл бұрын

In my flight attendant training evaluations, one of my classmates did exactly that. But he was extremely polite about it, yet incredibly firm. He passed, but I'm not sure how lol. I forced myself to do it more like the second scenario, even though it's not easy when they try to argue with you.

@jayme5280

2 жыл бұрын

i liked #1... firm and straight to the point. #2 was begging for compliance with a shaky voice and lacked confidence to steer the passenger into complying.

What strikes me is that it seems that back then people used to communicate in a more gentle and more polite way. Even in tricky situations.

My right ear enjoyed this video👂🏽

That’s hilariously that her friend keeps trying to get her back. Like they’re both ganging up on that poor flight attendant!

UGGGHH when the actress says "It'll just be a minute" - in other words "I realize there's no smoking but no harm in me smoking it for a minute" -- people really DO thave that disgusting attitude. It's a good thing they pay flight attendants good money now - I could never tolerate entitled jerks.

Travelled from Brattleboro , VT to NYC on Amtrak with a family friend who smoked so we sat in the smoking car . The air was BLUE !!!!!

Thanks for posting a video of the 80s.

Imagine if this was today, it would be a knock down drag out brawl with obscenities being the first thing out of that passengers mouth!

@CoopyKat

2 жыл бұрын

@S.E.C-R Yes because our society has gone down the toilet.

I remember in the mid 80s being in the non smoking section on a plane, but people ahead of us were smoking. We complained, and the attendant said to keep the peace she would make just their row a smoking row and ours would be smoker free. I was sitting with my friends who were non smokers, we specifically chose this section because it was non smoking. How does this help??? 2 of us were asthmatics. It was horrible back then.

@keiko909

2 жыл бұрын

"to keep the peace" lmfao!!!! what a line!

@jenniferburchill3658

2 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine(who had asthma) actually had to leave a restaurant due to cigarette smoke.

@bjornjoseph

2 жыл бұрын

Have you tried calling pan am customer service?

@desertrose1226

2 жыл бұрын

@@jenniferburchill3658 ugh! I hate cigs! I don’t have asthma (fortunately.. all my family smoked and I passive smoked for years) and even I cough when I’m around smoke.

@jenniferburchill3658

2 жыл бұрын

@@desertrose1226 She didn't even last a minute after walking though the restaurant door. It hit her that quickly.

Man look at all that space and the comfy chairs

I'd like to hear more about that sale at Harrods.

Hard to imagine that smoking on a plane was ever thought of as OK. I remember once being on a quite small plane with my two young kids and of course chose non-smoking seats only to find out the plane company had decided one side of the plane was smoking and the other side of the aisle was smoking!! Hilarious. Actually, no it wasn't.

A rather civilised way of dealing with the public. Nowadays there would be all the pretend respect, but if you have mild autism, or any issues with IQ or compliance, then police, security and tasers are deployed.

Still resonates today.

You know your old when you can remember flying in commercial flights that had ashtrays in the armrests 😂😂😂

Pan Am was the best

wow. blows my mind that a smoking zone was allowed at one point. imagine being in row 45. 🙃

It seems like people are missing the point. This video was to show Stuart this is how to interact with people so as to de-escalate the situation the smoker was supposed to be rude initially. This is literally the beginning of de-escalation training.

This was before the airliners found out that you can fly twice as much before the interior needs to be replaced, if you disallow people to smoke onboard.

I grew up in the hot desert in the 80’s - back when vehicle’s AC systems were horribly unreliable and typically quit working after a few years. I remember being in my friend’s dad’s car on the highway, in the summer, w/o AC, with he and his buddy both smoking and NOT letting us kids roll the windows down in the backseat because it would be too windy on the highway. Even the memory of this makes me feel nauseated - the smell of that smoky dusty shitty Caprice interior, the heat & sun, ugh. Despite that I wouldn’t give up growing up in the 80’s/90’s for anything.

@bull3440

2 жыл бұрын

exactly. I remember every car my father had in the 80's and 90's the A/C went out just after 3 years. We drove all the time with the windows down. Today that would be considered ghetto.

These days this would have ended with no fewer than three people restraining the smoker while the flight attendants were duct-taping her to the seat and gagging her for the remainder of the flight at the end of which law enforcement would escort her off the plane...inside of about 5 minutes after the plane landed and while it was still taxiing to the gate, no fewer than six video versions of the incident would hit social media...what a difference 40 years make!!!

@lindsey7951

2 жыл бұрын

Rightfully so when your a stuck up brittle lung like her character.

@crBudgetWatches

2 жыл бұрын

On point!

@CL-vz6ch

2 жыл бұрын

quite right. I would bring the duct tape.

I am so glad that this is a thing of the past. Even though it is unrealistic, as (and I remember days when it was allowed) the slightest hint towards lighting a cigarette in the nonsmoker section would have caused an uproar with the other passengers. If I were a flight attendant, I would handle it differently. One polite question to put the cigarette out, but upon refusal a clear statement that federal law requires you to follow crew member instructions and she will be escorted off the plane by law enforcement after landing and banned from that particular airline's flights. People can make mistakes and just forget that it is the nonsmoker section. But after a polite reminder, they either comply or have to face the consequences. An "oops, sorry, I didn't realize that" from the passenger is all it takes in such a situation.

No camera phones and no duct tape. The good ol' days.

About a decade later, smokers around this lady's age started getting nasty bouts of cancer, high rates of heart attacks and strokes as they aged into their late 50s and early 60s. Their kids also caught the habit and you are seeing them experiencing the same issues now in the 2020s. The covid pandemic really wiped a lot of them out as well.

@sk8terboi510

2 жыл бұрын

Seen 3 people in my family go from either nasty, end stage cancer or just dropping dead from a massive heart attack. The whole lot of them smokers, as well. I started smoking at age 15 and quit just in 2019.. Absolutely do not want to go out that way 🫣

@traveler320ak7

2 жыл бұрын

@@sk8terboi510 i don’t know if you know about the low dose CT scan program for long term smokers but p,ease ask your doctor about it. It is a program where you will be lose dose CT scanned periodically so that any cancers will be picked up early. It’s a good program.

@lindsey7951

2 жыл бұрын

@@traveler320ak7 Not everybody goes in for CT scans or has insurance or money to do so and you know that so stop trying to belittle the point.

@desertrose1226

2 жыл бұрын

My mother, grandfather and grandmother ALL died from smoking related cancers. Mums death was very sudden. End stage cancer with covid pneumonia. Absolutely AWFUL. I loved my mother more than anything but I wish she’d not been so stupid. She smoked all her life from 14 to her mid 60s, she quit too late. Dead from cancer at just 72 😢

I recall being seated close to the cockpit during a long-haul Japan-US flight around 1996 (not long after smoking was banned in all flights), when one of the pilots exited the cockpit walking to the rear of the plane, his uniform absolutely reeking of the backy. Mind you I was also addicted to the stuff at that time, so I was envious more than anything else 🙃

I miss this time!

God, this burns me up.