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

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  • Опубликовано: 25 апр 2022
  • This video, presented by Purser Celeste Evans, was filmed onboard N203PA "Clipper New York" a A-300B4-203. The aircraft served Pan Am between 1984 and 1991.
    Special thanks to Linda Reynolds for saving a collection of safety and training VHS tapes from the Pan Am Training Academy in Miami, Florida after the airline closed on December 4, 1991.
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Комментарии • 66

  • @tomdienstbier49
    @tomdienstbier49 2 года назад +9

    My right ear enjoyed this very much

    • @PanAmMuseum
      @PanAmMuseum  2 года назад +8

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

  • @kcindc5539
    @kcindc5539 2 года назад +6

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

  • @cocodelocofashion6424
    @cocodelocofashion6424 2 года назад +22

    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 года назад +1

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

  • @RiverDanube
    @RiverDanube Год назад +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.

  • @zms8092
    @zms8092 2 года назад +6

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

  • @ClipperMaidOfTheSeas
    @ClipperMaidOfTheSeas 2 года назад +15

    Thank you! I love these aircraft tours!

  • @ExpoAviation
    @ExpoAviation 2 года назад +5

    wow another incredible find :)

  • @ukfabuk
    @ukfabuk 2 года назад +7

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

  • @hxney_bee3336
    @hxney_bee3336 2 года назад +7

    I wish Pan am and Twa didn’t ceased

    • @jefferypardue7509
      @jefferypardue7509 2 года назад

      What about eastern airlines and northwest orient airlines too

    • @hxney_bee3336
      @hxney_bee3336 2 года назад

      @@jefferypardue7509 yeah

    • @hxney_bee3336
      @hxney_bee3336 2 года назад

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

    • @jefferypardue7509
      @jefferypardue7509 2 года назад

      @@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.

  • @kennethchongweithart7905
    @kennethchongweithart7905 2 года назад +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 года назад +5

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

    • @sparkingwave
      @sparkingwave 2 года назад +3

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

    • @kennethmotolenich9820
      @kennethmotolenich9820 2 года назад

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

    • @tommyholden602
      @tommyholden602 2 года назад +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 года назад

      @@tommyholden602 isn’t it Braniff

  • @joeyc1563
    @joeyc1563 Год назад

    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

  • @N145PM
    @N145PM 2 года назад +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 года назад +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

  • @knownothing5518
    @knownothing5518 2 года назад +4

    They had accessible toilets, yay!

  • @richardnagarjunasuryaprase2010
    @richardnagarjunasuryaprase2010 2 года назад +3

    1984

  • @jfennell3954
    @jfennell3954 2 года назад +2

    Thought it was David Bowie from the thumbnail

    • @wsemmons2001
      @wsemmons2001 Год назад

      Now that you mention it. What about Angela Bowie?

  • @AviationCommercials
    @AviationCommercials 2 года назад +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 Месяц назад +1

      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 Месяц назад +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.

  • @Misigun99
    @Misigun99 2 года назад +2

    APU is pretty loud

  • @friendlysky7674
    @friendlysky7674 2 года назад +1

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

    • @PanAmMuseum
      @PanAmMuseum  2 года назад +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 года назад

      @@PanAmMuseum thank youuuu

    • @MrJimheeren
      @MrJimheeren 2 года назад +2

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

    • @tiadaid
      @tiadaid 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @jobychan4857
    @jobychan4857 2 года назад +12

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

    • @sadams12345678
      @sadams12345678 2 года назад +2

      cabin class

    • @marcusdamberger
      @marcusdamberger 2 года назад +2

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

    • @frankh.2669
      @frankh.2669 2 года назад

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

    • @foxdmulder
      @foxdmulder 2 года назад

      cattle class back then, today is scum class

  • @jimmybuffet4970
    @jimmybuffet4970 2 года назад

    Did you see the “No Cell Phones” sign?

  • @makmelaf
    @makmelaf 2 года назад +1

    What about a crew rest area?

    • @Colaholiker
      @Colaholiker 2 года назад +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- ;-)

  • @CLR2TKF
    @CLR2TKF 2 года назад +2

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

    • @atomsmash100
      @atomsmash100 2 года назад +1

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

    • @Colaholiker
      @Colaholiker 2 года назад +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.

  • @buddyrevell6369
    @buddyrevell6369 2 года назад

    Is the engine noise really necessary in a training video?

    • @Colaholiker
      @Colaholiker 2 года назад +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 года назад

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

    • @Colaholiker
      @Colaholiker 2 года назад +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 Год назад

      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 года назад +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.

  • @visionist7
    @visionist7 2 года назад

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

  • @MiggleMYT
    @MiggleMYT 2 года назад +4

    wtf is a spigot

    • @cindy1010us
      @cindy1010us 2 года назад +3

      A water faucet

    • @MiggleMYT
      @MiggleMYT 2 года назад +6

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

    • @risksrewardsrelics51
      @risksrewardsrelics51 2 года назад +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 года назад

      @@risksrewardsrelics51 well I've learnt a new word

    • @kcindc5539
      @kcindc5539 2 года назад +1

      @@MiggleMYT what’s a tap?

  • @joshgutierrez7380
    @joshgutierrez7380 2 года назад

    A300s are complete death traps

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 2 года назад +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 года назад

      @@visionist7 lmaooooooo