Sometimes I wish I could've experienced flying with Pan Am. Everything seemed so elegant and exciting. Watching it in movies just isn't the same.

Never knew fancy flying, lol. Still, the legacy of Pan Am's firsts is yuge. They started so many things we now take for granted in the skies. Respect!

Worked with them back in the day. We were family, not just coworkers. The 80's were tough - deregulation hit us hard, management made some bad calls, but none of us saw the end coming until it happened. The world lost more than just an airline when the 'Flying Clippers' ceased to fly. Wrote my college thesis on the rise and fall of Pan Am. Could chat for hours about this...

Flew with them once as a kid. Nothing's come close since in terms of service. It's a shame they're gone.

Oh great Pan Am, victim of the new world order! They wanted to bring world peace through air travel but the powers that be just wouldn’t have it. Wake up sheeple!

Man, Pan Am is like one of those old classic movies. Legendary but outta touch with reality towards the end. Airlines today are all about low cost and efficiency. Pan Am was a different beast, like a symbol of its time but not made to last. RIP though.

Pan Am's story is really a series of history lessons. They were pioneers in so many ways, not just in aviation. Their downfall was like a domino effect - financial issues compounded by the oil crisis, then operational challenges, leading to their inability to adapt to deregulation, and darkened by the tragedy of the Lockerbie bombing. The airline industry learned a lot from their successes and failures, that’s for sure.

Absolutely gutted when Pan Am went under. They didn't just represent airline travel, they symbolized the American spirit and the golden age of jet travel. The iconic blue globe logo will forever be a part of aviation history. Now, all we got are standard planes with cramped seats. Zero glam.