{"id":1835,"date":"2016-07-05T04:36:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T09:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2016-07-05T05:01:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T10:01:52","slug":"international-travel-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/international-travel-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"International Travel: Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"

International Travel: Abu Dhabi.\u00a0 Doctor Aviation is on the move.\u00a0 I am enroute to Thailand where I will be teaching a class.\u00a0 Three aviation thoughts popped into my head as I landed in Abu Dhabi for a layover, which is in the United Arab Emirates, or UAE.\u00a0 I decided to blog about each as I think they would be of interest to Doctor Aviation followers.<\/p>\n

My first flight on an airplane was as an 8 year old boy.\u00a0 I flew TWA from Cincinnati to St. Louis enroute to Phoenix.\u00a0 At the time TWA was one of the biggest air carriers in the United States.\u00a0 What I saw today on my flight very much reminded me of those days \u2013 how is that you might ask?<\/p>\n

Today I flew on what is known as Etihad Airways.\u00a0 This is the official airlines of the UAE.\u00a0 Etihad was voted \u201cThe World\u2019s Leading Airline\u201d for the past seven years at the World Travel Awards (https:\/\/www.etihad.com\/en-us\/about-us\/etihad-news\/archive\/2015\/etihad-airways-wins-worlds-leading-airline-award-for-seventh-consecutive-year\/<\/a>.) I can see why.\u00a0 Wow, was the service unbelievable.\u00a0 It all began with the flight attendants, or stewardesses and stewards as we used to call them.\u00a0 They were impeccably groomed.\u00a0 The males all wore suits and the females all wore business skirts, blouses, scarves and hats.\u00a0 Each of the attractive female flight attendants was in good shape and their hair was tightly pulled back in a very professional look.<\/p>\n

The flight attendants were also attentive to every need of the passengers.\u00a0 They were extremely polite, friendly and helpful.\u00a0 One helped me remove my seat in search of my wristwatch which had fallen during a nap.<\/p>\n

Then there were the meals.\u00a0 Meals as in plural \u2013 two hot ones were served with real silverware.\u00a0 The first was a choice of chicken or lamb (the little sheep was very tasty) and the second was a delicious curry.\u00a0 This doesn\u2019t even count the three snacks that they brought (of course it was a 13 hour flight from Chicago to Abu Dhabi).<\/p>\n

This is what air service used to be like on domestic flights in the US.\u00a0 You were pampered by attentive, well-groomed flight attendants and served good hot meals (at no extra charge, oh baggage was free as well).<\/p>\n

Younger readers may be amazed that this once occurred and wonder what happened.\u00a0 In is nutshell, cost is what happened.\u00a0 US travelers proved over and over again that their primary (and perhaps only concern) in flying is cost.\u00a0 So the airlines got rid of everything that added cost \u2013 hot food, attentive service, blankets, and pillows \u2013 and gave the US traveler the cheapest ticket price they could give them.\u00a0 That is why flying in the US now is like being herded onto a cattle truck and enduring a crowded two hour ride.<\/p>\n

Yet, flying Etihad Airways is like stepping back in time \u2013 in a welcomed way.\u00a0 I miss air travel as it used to be.\u00a0 Below I include a picture of a flight attendant in the 1970s in the US and the flight attendants for Etihad Airways now — see any similarities?<\/p>\n

\"Flight\"Etihad<\/figure>\n

Doctor Aviation International Travel is to be continued<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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