BRING BACK THE ROMANCE AND FUN OF TRAVEL
OPEN YOUR WINDOW SHADES AND ENJOY THE FLIGHT!
These are my musings about when travel was exciting,
entertaining, adventurous and fun.
Primarily in the second half of the 20th Century, find
stories of the people who ran the business, the antics of travelers from the
business world, celebrities who the author has run into, executive’s and VIP’s
from around the world.
I emphasize airlines and air travel, but nothing is off
base if it pertains to the travel world. Let’s share how travel used to be,
especially back in the 70’s 80’s and 90’s.
There will be many photo’s and videos, stories of adventure
traveling the world, and sharing of airline memorabilia, like the 191 airline
menu’s I have, videos of flights on Concorde, DC-10’s, photo’s of 707’s, DC-8’s
and venue’s all over the world. Unlike today, where you fly in darkened,
depressing cabins, we had the window shades open to enjoy the flight and the
views of our beautiful world!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I, Kevin Brady, have a diverse travel background including
working for airlines such as Pan American World Airways and National Airlines in
the sales and frequent flyer departments, a travel management company in New
York handling corporate travel, and managing global financial services travel
for over 20 years. I have been on 1,907 airline flights in my life, which is equivalent to being in the air
continuously from January 1 to October 1. I have taken 551 different trips with airline flights - I do not count car/road trips but have taken quite a few of those as well (notice there is something I don't count). At 38,000 feet you are above 85% of
the atmosphere, probably being zapped by all sorts of cosmic, x-ray, and who
knows what kind of rays. Add in a little red wine and my wife says this
explains a lot about my mental state.
I have been lucky enough to travel all over the world,
mostly in premium classes such as first/business, when airline management employees
were treated like royalty, and when managing airline and other travel vendor contracts
like hotels and rental car companies, when they wanted me to experience their
best products and services. Someone had to do it! I have also met many celebrities and VIP’s as
well as executives in the travel business.
I have plenty of great stories to share with all of you who
love the travel business as much as I do. I hope to add yours as well as I am
putting together information for a book.
