Pan Am Training Video: Airbus A-300 Aircraft Familiarization (circa 1984)

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  • @fanofjets
    @fanofjets หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Always an interesting tour back in time! This airplane, N203PA, is special to me; in 1986, it would be my very last flight with Pan Am. If my memory is correct, brushed aluminum Pan Am meatball logos were installed on the dark blue (carpeted) areas of the bulkheads.

  • @ClipperMaidOfTheSeas
    @ClipperMaidOfTheSeas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thank you! I love these aircraft tours!

  • @zms8092
    @zms8092 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I can’t express the love I have for these aircraft familiarization videos. Thank you for sharing!

  • @RiverDanube
    @RiverDanube ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cabin class was comfortable and spacious in those days. Seats were solid and cushioned, probably at least twice as thick as they are these days.

  • @cocodelocofashion6424
    @cocodelocofashion6424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Thanks sooo much for sharing all these pan am videos..I subbed a few days ago when your PA 747-100 vid was recommended to me! Great stuff! I have to say I laughed every time the FA pulled down the “movie screens” and they squeaked lol..need some WD-40 on them rollers lol! Please keep the great vids coming if ya have more of these gems up your sleeve! Thanks again..

    • @paulloveless9180
      @paulloveless9180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In some of the other videos they show the "video system" and it's a giant contraption with literal film reels.

  • @tomdienstbier49
    @tomdienstbier49 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    My right ear enjoyed this very much

    • @PanAmMuseum
      @PanAmMuseum  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ya, sorry about that. This VHS tape is about 40 years old.

  • @ExpoAviation
    @ExpoAviation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    wow another incredible find :)

  • @kcindc5539
    @kcindc5539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I can’t deny - I had that exact same haircut in 1984

  • @joeyc1563
    @joeyc1563 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun fact, clipper New York is still active with a cargo airline. So you can technically say this bird still has pan am heritage if you notice the windows they covered that were once passenger windows

  • @kennethchongweithart7905
    @kennethchongweithart7905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I really hope there are more of these videos...they are just soooo classic and informative! I wonder if Pan Am operated the 757s back in the days...were there such videos made? Keep it up. Sending all my ❤ from Malaysia 🇲🇾

    • @PanAmMuseum
      @PanAmMuseum  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hi there! Pan Am never flew 757s, but we have many more videos to share! Stay tuned!

    • @sparkingwave
      @sparkingwave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@PanAmMuseum Please show training videos for the L1011, DC-10, and 747SP!

    • @kennethmotolenich9820
      @kennethmotolenich9820 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never had 757s only good airlines did and Pam am sucked

    • @tommyholden602
      @tommyholden602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They did not - but they almost operated A320s (and even purchased them which went to America West).

    • @user-e-idk
      @user-e-idk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tommyholden602 isn’t it Braniff

  • @hxney_bee3336
    @hxney_bee3336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I wish Pan am and Twa didn’t ceased

    • @jefferypardue7509
      @jefferypardue7509 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about eastern airlines and northwest orient airlines too

    • @hxney_bee3336
      @hxney_bee3336 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jefferypardue7509 yeah

    • @hxney_bee3336
      @hxney_bee3336 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jefferypardue7509 The old aviation was better than the new ones

    • @jefferypardue7509
      @jefferypardue7509 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hxney_bee3336 Today Airlines are run differently than in the 20th century with long haul aircraft using seats that fold into beds and with all those aircraft cramped full of entertainment screens that have movies and TV shows and advertisements. And local domestic flights usually have people crammed in there like sardines.

  • @ukfabuk
    @ukfabuk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Is Celeste still around? I’d love to hear her thoughts / memories on these videos.

  • @N145PM
    @N145PM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Curious about Celeste's career. . she was so polished and professional in these training vids. Where did she go after PA?

    • @hunterklowss
      @hunterklowss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I believe she went to Delta when PAA suspended operations after working for 12 years. She then left in 1997, but I may have the wrong Celeste

  • @AviationCommercials
    @AviationCommercials 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So I assume this was a newly delivered aircraft, yet Celeste mentioned they would be modifying future aircraft with remove of the first class bulkhead and G2 galley - What's the story here? Pan Am changed their mind after the first deliveries? Interesting.

    • @Shrimpo7
      @Shrimpo7 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The first A300s for Pan Am were originally destined for (if I remember correctly) Libyan Arab Airlines that were NTU (not taken up) due to an economic embargo on the government of Libya. This was a good move to take delivery of airplanes that had been stored for some time. I was told that it was beneficial to both Airbus and to Pan Am.
      The galleys, seat sets and other equipment were not Pan Am standards. We referred to these aircraft as the “atlas” equipped aircraft. These were, in fact brand new. Some elements that were not standard stand out in the video, such as the brown seat back tray tables in cabin class, and the brown slide bustles at each door. Eventually, the galleys, tray tables and slide bustle covers were replaced, however, we kept the salmon (pink-ish) and light blue seat covers for several years. It was in the last years that we standardized the seat covers to the navy blue fabric.

    • @AviationCommercials
      @AviationCommercials 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Shrimpo7 Thanks, that does make sense. I believe the first tow or three were sitting in storage with Airbus for about 1-2 years.

  • @jobychan4857
    @jobychan4857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Does she call it 'cattle' class or 'cabin' class?

    • @sadams12345678
      @sadams12345678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      cabin class

    • @marcusdamberger
      @marcusdamberger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's what I also heard first time! Had to rewatch that part to make sure.

    • @frankh.2669
      @frankh.2669 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      She means "cattle", for sure. Even if the correct term is what passes her lips...

    • @foxdmulder
      @foxdmulder 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      cattle class back then, today is scum class

  • @NothingMatterz
    @NothingMatterz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thought it was David Bowie from the thumbnail

    • @wsemmons2001
      @wsemmons2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now that you mention it. What about Angela Bowie?

  • @edwardhale4294
    @edwardhale4294 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    no sleeper seats on the A 300s?

  • @friendlysky7674
    @friendlysky7674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this. Pls upload more. Go further and do United Airlines. Their 767s🤗

    • @PanAmMuseum
      @PanAmMuseum  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We'll certainly keep an eye out for United videos, but our focus is on Pan Am and National. We have more coming! Stay tuned!

    • @friendlysky7674
      @friendlysky7674 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PanAmMuseum thank youuuu

    • @MrJimheeren
      @MrJimheeren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This channel is literally called Pan Am Museum Foundation. What has Delta to do with Pan Am

    • @tiadaid
      @tiadaid ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrJimheeren United & Delta bought pieces of Pan Am.

  • @CLR2TKF
    @CLR2TKF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Was the A300 used for domestic and S America? I don't think the early ones had trans-Atlantic range.

    • @atomsmash100
      @atomsmash100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Domestic, Caribbean, short-haul Latin America. They didn't have the range for transatlantic.

    • @Colaholiker
      @Colaholiker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ETOPS was not a thing yet, so transatlantic services were only possible with 3 or 4 engines. The 310 was the first Airbus that got transatlantic service certification.

  • @knownothing5518
    @knownothing5518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They had accessible toilets, yay!

  • @richardnagarjunasuryaprase2010
    @richardnagarjunasuryaprase2010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1984

  • @Misigun99
    @Misigun99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    APU is pretty loud

  • @makmelaf
    @makmelaf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What about a crew rest area?

    • @Colaholiker
      @Colaholiker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The 300 was not a longhaul plane, despite being wide body. The typical flights didn't require the fitting of crew rests. The maximum range was comparable to an A320 nowadays, and they don't have crew rests either- ;-)

  • @jimmybuffet4970
    @jimmybuffet4970 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you see the “No Cell Phones” sign?

  • @visionist7
    @visionist7 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:20 more than one jump seat stewardess ended up smashing a handsome last minute stranger. Probably

  • @buddyrevell6369
    @buddyrevell6369 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is the engine noise really necessary in a training video?

    • @Colaholiker
      @Colaholiker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's not engine noise. That is a combination of ventilation (which you want to have running because you can't simply open a window) and the 400 Hz hum of the electrical system, which was very common on older aircraft types. The main engines were certainly not running, and most likely not even the APU (ground power and AC connected).
      I absolutely love that background noise, brings back so many memories...

    • @buddyrevell6369
      @buddyrevell6369 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Colaholiker my assumption is this was filmed on a trainer set. Not an actual aircraft.

    • @Colaholiker
      @Colaholiker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@buddyrevell6369 The background noise is pretty realistic though. I have been inside cabin trainers, and since they lacked air conditioning and the 400 Hz electrical system, the noise was different.

    • @wsemmons2001
      @wsemmons2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. We were warned that the training phase of the job would be emotionally taxing. Keep in mind that our guests experience these same annoyances!

  • @CMDRFlyAuburn
    @CMDRFlyAuburn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Those seats look gross. They remind of that weird folded blanket at the foot of a cheap motel bed that you should never touch with human hands.

  • @MiggleMYT
    @MiggleMYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    wtf is a spigot

    • @cindy1010us
      @cindy1010us 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A water faucet

    • @MiggleMYT
      @MiggleMYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      How many more words do Americans want to invent to avoid calling it a tap 😂

    • @risksrewardsrelics51
      @risksrewardsrelics51 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MiggleMYT spigot is usually used to denote an outdoor faucet, that you would hook a garden hose to. Not sure why she called it a spigot, should have just said faucet.
      Tap usually refers to a draught beer faucet here.

    • @MiggleMYT
      @MiggleMYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@risksrewardsrelics51 well I've learnt a new word

    • @kcindc5539
      @kcindc5539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MiggleMYT what’s a tap?

  • @joshgutierrez7380
    @joshgutierrez7380 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A300s are complete death traps

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *Brad:* "I'm sad, dad. My MAX 8 broke up on me"
      *Dad:* "Be glad, Brad; there's plenty more in the sea!"

    • @joshgutierrez7380
      @joshgutierrez7380 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@visionist7 lmaooooooo