Airline flights for the day are a frequent part of my book [1] which takes place in roughly the same time frame and geography. It wasn't really 400 air miles from LA to SF, but chalk that up to hyperbole. I used to leave the house in Hawthorne at 7:15 for an 8:00 flight from LAX, believe it or not.
The other poster mentions that you could smoke on the plane (in the back rows) and that was true, disgustingly enough.
I remember getting stuck in the smoking section once or twice in the bad old days. I begged the flight attendants to find someone who would switch seats with me.
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Airline flights for the day are a frequent part of my book [1] which takes place in roughly the same time frame and geography. It wasn't really 400 air miles from LA to SF, but chalk that up to hyperbole. I used to leave the house in Hawthorne at 7:15 for an 8:00 flight from LAX, believe it or not.
The other poster mentions that you could smoke on the plane (in the back rows) and that was true, disgustingly enough.
[1] https://www.albertcory.io
I remember getting stuck in the smoking section once or twice in the bad old days. I begged the flight attendants to find someone who would switch seats with me.
Even sitting in the back of the NON-smoking section was bad, because you were still close to the smokers.
And let's not even talk about the departure lounges in the airports.