I used to work for Pan Am world services
was bought out by
Johnson Controls
When They closed down the Sacramento
Army Depot .I was out of a job.

I think that the fall of the Iron Curtain signaled the end of Pan Am. Lots of Diplomats and Military were Pan Am customers.
Imagine my amazement when I interviewed for a CIA job on the Johnson Islands and was told my pay checks would come from Pan Am. Did not take the job but sure would like to have one of thoes Pan Am cancelled checks!
A Tennessee Volunteer

The Pan Am name and logo survives in the transportation industry! It has been reborn as a railroad in New England. Pan Am blue two tone box cars with a Pan Am globe big enough to make Yaun Tripp proud..

I was a Pan Am flight attendant hired in the 70's.What an experience and honor to fly with such a world class airline.The memories I have are priceless.We were treated very well by our company for many years. We stayed in luxury hotels, and had long layovers in cities you could only imagine.I worked the upper deck on the 747 sp from Jfk to Tokyo... serving caviar and roast beef-offering a fine dining experience with class.Unfotunately,I had flight attendant friends in the Lockerbie crash,London base was a small base.Most of us knew someone in that tragedy.No other American carrier could compare to Pan Am.

PAN AM: What wonderful memories I have of this airline. Graduating from college in 1960 and moving to New York City to work for Revlon, Inc. I was quickly moved into the International Division where I was introduced to Pan Am. My marketing position required me to travel to our foreign operations about 70% of my time.

Prior to my first trip to Europe, one of our top Vice Presidents called me into his office and there was a group of PAN AM officials present. The VP introduced me to the visitors and they in turn presented me with a Pan Am Map inscribed with my name and a number of little pin to insert into the map showing each of my flights around the world. In addition, I was presented with a Certificate of being a MEMBER OF THE PAN AM CLIPPER CLUB (signed by Juan Tripp) and a card to get me into the PAN AM FREQUENT FLYERS CLUBS AROUND THE WORLD.

Back in those days, the Pan Am Clipper Club was only given on an "invitation basis" and everything was FREE, no yearly charges or charges in the Pan Am Clipper Clubs. Likewise I was presented with 2 Pan Am Luggage Tags.

There are so many great memories of flying out to Australia, the Phillipines, Hong Kong, Japan, South America, Central America, Mexico, the Carribbean, South Africa and Europe.

One of the saddest days in my career was the day that PAN AM announced their closing!!!! While Delta Airlines did pick up our Frequent Flyer Miles, it was never the same as the days spent flying on Pan Am.

Still today, I keep my Pan Am Map with all the various cities around the world marked with the little pins, my Pan Am Certificate, my Pan Am Clipper Club Card and my Pan Am luggage tags.

What great memories this has brought back!.

PanAm was always my airline of first choice. Anybody else was simply second, but I always chose a USA flagged carrier. I remember the last days of the propeller Stratocruisers and the DC7C; my first flight on a 747 was PanAm One out of London to New York. A wonderful airline, wonderful staff and pilots...Juan Trippe would go into a ranting tirade to see what the airline industry has become. So very sad. Even in Business Class it is no better than boarding a bus to Fresno.

Every morning I drink coffee out of my cup that has a blue ball Pan Am logo on it. Enjoyed every flight during the 26 years at Pan Am. 707's around the world both directions. 747's everywhere. Great people.

I flew Pan-Am from London to LAX in the 80's. One trip I remember: We were late into LAX due to late take-off at London. They were always waiting for more fares. Anyway, we were kept circling LAX for so long, that we were running out of fuel, so off we go to Las Vegas to re-fuel, then back to LAX. This took about three hours, then at LAX we were bussed (with armed guards) to another terminal because the customs near the Pan-Am terminal had gone home. I was six hours late. Despite this, the airline staff were great.

I worked for Pan Am from 1967 - 1985 and I traveled the world on my vacations. Pan Am had 2 daily round the world flights, flight 1 westbound and flight 2 eqastbound. I took flight one and had a ticket that read NY to NY roundtrip. The company was great until Wall Street greed devoured it. Pan Am was used to issue the 1st junk bonds which made Harvey Milken and Pan Am execs rich while ruining the company and divesting shareholders of their money. Pan Am was completely liquidated and a new comapany was formed but it folded after a short run. The name and logo was bought by a New Hampshire railroad and there are a few planes out there with the name and logo but it's not even a shadow of the old company. Pan Am was the 2nd most recognizeable name and logo in the world. Only Coca Cola was more recognized.

Pan Am is now the Pan am railway company formerly Guilford Trans. They even use the globe emblem!

There are fates worse than busing to Fresno. I live there. I was a flight attendant for Pan Am in the 60's. I miss the elegance, dignity, & graciousness of flying with the carrier both as an employee & tourist. First class food service was the best. Economy class meals were great too. In both cabins we prepared the foods. Breakfast eggs were always a challenge. Bon Appitit!!

I flew for Pan Am as a flight attendant based in LHR.
I often think back about those days and the friends I thought I'd have around forever.
Life is so different now. Sometimes I need a pintch to remind myself that those days really did occur way back when.
What a fantastic time it was!!!!

I was a Pan Am flight attendant. I will never forget the pride I took in wearing the Pan Am uniform. Our airline will aways be remembered for its class, style and top notch service. There will never be an airline that matches it and I have worked for five.
The flight attendants always took care of their passengers, and each other. The crew comaraderie was outstanding. We were family. I will always cherish the memories of Pan Am and the great people I got to meet and work with. Thanks Pan Am, I miss you!

I was also a Flight attendant with PAN AM. I remember the 7 cart service up in First class. No other airline has come close. The flight attendants always represented PAN AM with a friendly smile

I was on Pan Am's final flight from JFK to Honolulu sometime in the '80's I don't remember the exact year. When we arrived there was huge party.

I really loved that air line. I saw so many celebrities on flights to the west coast. People like Carol Channing who told her husband to go F himself then slept the whole trip with a blue blazer over her head. Loni Anderson and Burt Reynolds and even Lassie who laid patiently in the aisle with by his trainer's seat.
Pan AM had a great flight to London that left at 10 AM and got to London around 6PM. You could get to hotel have a good night's sleep and wake up with no jet lag.

Right out of College in 1987 I went to work for Pan Am in the Engine jet center at JFK, building 208. The job was great but was even more fun was being able to walk up to the ticket window, pull out an actual paper ticket and write in the city you wanted to travel to then walk up to the ticket counter and get on the plane. Most times if there were seat available I was upgraded to first class. Imagine, a 22yo snot kid flying first class to London, Paris, Rio, Hawaii etc. And the FAs were absolutely terrific. No matter if you were in first class or coach, no matter if you were a paying passenger or employee, everybody was treated like a person and not like cattle like todays airlines.

The saddest day was driving into the parking lot of bld 208 that bleak Dec morn and seeing all the employees standing outside the main doors. I walked up through the middle of the crowd to see the front doors closed and chained shut. We were out of a job and the world lost a piece of aviation history and an Icon. yes it was poor management and fuel crisis and etc etc but it was Delta airlines that put the final nail in the coffin and because of delta and its under handed dealing I never ever fly that dreadful worthless airline.

I flew for United (1968-1972) and a memory I'll never forget was sitting on the back jumpseat of a 737 waiting to take off from O'Hare in Chicago. The pilot announced that we were next in line for takeoff and for those of us on the left, if we looked out the window we would see the first Pan Am 747 arriving into O'Hare. What a beautiful site to see that aircraft come in and yes, Pan Am was always looked upon as the creme-de-la-creme of travel ... even to us UAL stews! Thanks to everyone who posted their comments. You took me back to when travel was an exciting event, when meals were prepared, passengers were treated with respect and crews formed a bond with each other. Those truly were the good old days and Pan Am was certainly an iconic figurehead in the friendly skies ... thanks everyone.

I flew around the world in the 50's on PanAm 3 times through Asia, Europe, S. Amer and N. Amer. It was an exciting time for flying in those days. The most memorable was flying on the stratocruiser and my first 707 jet flight. I will always remember PanAm as the premier airline ever.

"What most people will remember and miss about Pan Am is the ........stewardesses' pearly Pan Am smiles".
"I will always remember PanAm as the premier airline ever".

You're kidding,surely?

A colleague of mine once referred to the sour faced stewardesses of an Eastern European airline as : "PanAm rejects". That said it all.

To a European,PanAm was a DREADFUL airline. The stewardesses answered the call button in an hour,if you were very lucky.

As a flight attendant during the last 5 years of Pan Am, now with United. No Airline will ever come CLOSE the the caliber or quality of Pan Am. There has never been anything even vlose to Pan Am nor will there ever be.