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Eastern Flight Attendant Bid Sheet - ORD - 1985  
User currently offlineTWA1985 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 636 posts, RR: 0
Posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 8510 times:

Hello All,

Here is a little aviation flashback for you, in the form of an Eastern Airlines Chicago Flight Attendant Bid Sheet from June 1985. By that point, the base was small, but it still is a great little read ... enjoy!

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User currently offlineTWA1985 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 636 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 8363 times:

If you guys want to see more, I would be happy to upload the others. The April, May and July bid sheets include the ORD-RSW/SRQ route as well as the addition of ORD-LAX (starting in July).

User currently offlineBeechToBus From United States of America, joined Nov 2011, 179 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 8293 times:

Very cool piece of history. I for one would like to see more. Thanks for posting.

User currently offlineWNCrew From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 1317 posts, RR: 9
Reply 3, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 8210 times:

Bidding is so much easier now! I remember printing out the bid packets.. some 100+ pages sometimes (what a waste!) and then I'd cut them into strips and arrange the lines in the order I liked. Now it's on computer and really fast but I do miss being able to see them all and it was easier to place them in order sitting on my living room floor.


ALL views, opinions expressed are mine ONLY and are NOT representative of those shared by Southwest Airlines Co.
User currently offlineFlyingSicilian From Croatia, joined Mar 2009, 823 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 8153 times:

interesting, thansk for posting.

The Chicago-Houston flight left at 12:09am and then left Houston for Chicago at 4:05am. Not exactly business timings, were those the really cheap tickets?

Max Dugan? wow.

again thanks for posting


Bye Bye Windjet
User currently offline28L28L From Australia, joined Nov 2005, 459 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 8148 times:

Did the ORD base close when the "Moonlight Special" left in 1987?

User currently offlineTWA1985 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 636 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 8054 times:

Quoting FlyingSicilian (Reply 4):
The Chicago-Houston flight left at 12:09am and then left Houston for Chicago at 4:05am. Not exactly business timings, were those the really cheap tickets?



This flight was part of their "Moonlight Special" service using A300's at that time. The flights carried cargo primarily, but passengers could also book the flights at very low fares. The only catch ... no checked baggage (only carry-on) and snacks were available for purchase. In the summer of '85 ORD-LAX and ORD-LGA was added. Then, in 1987 Eastern moved the "Moonlight Special" hub to ORD, but it only lasted a few months because residents were complaining about all the noise in the middle of the night.

User currently offlineTWA1985 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 636 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 8042 times:

Quoting 28L28L (Reply 5):
Did the ORD base close when the "Moonlight Special" left in 1987?


I believe so, at least that is what the former EA flight attendant who sold me these on eBay said.

User currently offlineglobalflyer From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 806 posts, RR: 2
Reply 8, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 7684 times:

As a former Eastern employee, anything having to do with this once great company is welcome in my eyes. Really brings back fond memories!!!


Landing on every Continent almost on an annual basis!
User currently offlineSouthernDC9 From United States of America, joined Mar 2011, 263 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 7617 times:

So are there one or two itineraries that would be considered the "most desirable" or most lucrative, I guess - that a senior FA would bid on and/or get? Any that nobody would want? A bit of spare time in SJU seems like it would be nice but who knows...


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User currently offlineAASTEW From Dominican Republic, joined Oct 2001, 443 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 7570 times:

Looking at the trip rotations.....seems like a lot of legs with VERY high time trips. Was this normal?

User currently offlinesafetydemo From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 310 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 7295 times:

Quoting AASTEW (Reply 10):
Looking at the trip rotations.....seems like a lot of legs with VERY high time trips. Was this normal?

Some of those are approaching 18 hours when factoring in report times and release times. How (and why?) in the world did those FAs put up with those!?


Please direct your attention to the flight attendants in the cabin...
User currently offlineJQflightie From Australia, joined Mar 2009, 880 posts, RR: 1
Reply 12, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 7168 times:

OMG this looks like our 'Bid Book' i see things havnt changed from 1985!!


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User currently offlineHiFlyerAS From United States of America, joined Jul 2011, 606 posts, RR: 1
Reply 13, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 6557 times:

Quoting JQflightie (Reply 12):
OMG this looks like our 'Bid Book' i see things havnt changed from 1985!!

I'm so sorry! With our PBS system at AS bidding is so much easier! I remember the days of the bid packets...it was getting to be like carrying a phone book during bids!

User currently offlineTWA1985 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 636 posts, RR: 0
Reply 14, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 3994 times:

Quoting safetydemo (Reply 11):
Some of those are approaching 18 hours when factoring in report times and release times. How (and why?) in the world did those FAs put up with those!?

I sent an email to the former owner of these bid sheets about this and she replied that they never really thought much of the hours because it was the norm at the time. She mentioned that this was a time when the FA's were expected to serve a full breakfast on a fully loaded 747 between MSP and ORD (not EA of course, but she had friends who worked for NW) or, in her case, a decent size snack service (or light meal as she put it) between ORD and MCI. It was a time when the airlines were much more service oriented and the FA's didn't think twice about it.

User currently offlinedelta2ual From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 575 posts, RR: 1
Reply 15, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 3823 times:

I like how they had "no-smoking" and "smoking" recurrent classes! LOL My, how times have changed.


From the world's largest airline-to the world's largest airline. Delta2ual
User currently offlineSouthernDC9 From United States of America, joined Mar 2011, 263 posts, RR: 0
Reply 16, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 3823 times:

Quoting delta2ual (Reply 15):
I like how they had "no-smoking" and "smoking" recurrent classes! LOL My, how times have changed.

The movies are a blast from the past too...


What does AA/US merger mean for CLT/JFK/PHX/North America/Southern Hemisphere/God's Plan for the Universe
User currently offlinekearnet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 209 posts, RR: 0
Reply 17, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 2565 times:

I also noticed that the 757 image shows the original RB211s before they were replaced with the updated version.

User currently offlineTWA1985 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 636 posts, RR: 0
Reply 18, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 2378 times:

Speaking of the 757, does anyone know if the EA planes had television monitors?

User currently onlinejfklganyc From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2660 posts, RR: 5
Reply 19, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 2291 times:

Can anyone elaborate on the short stay hotel in Memphis: Rodeway Inn sounds just awful! haha

User currently offlinePrinair From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 744 posts, RR: 3
Reply 20, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2048 times:

Quoting TWA1985 (Reply 18):

No. The EA 757s did not have any kind of video/music system.


PRINAIR : Puerto Rico International Airlines
User currently offlinesafetydemo From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 310 posts, RR: 0
Reply 21, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2008 times:

Quoting jfklganyc (Reply 19):
Rodeway Inn sounds just awful! haha

Amen ... I will never complain about another Holiday Inn again  


Please direct your attention to the flight attendants in the cabin...
User currently offlineTWA1985 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 636 posts, RR: 0
Reply 22, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1782 times:

Just a little F.Y.I. ... I will be uploading the May bid sheet this weekend. More trip choices than June.

User currently offlineItalianFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 948 posts, RR: 2
Reply 23, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1682 times:

Quoting jfklganyc (Reply 19):
Can anyone elaborate on the short stay hotel in Memphis: Rodeway Inn sounds just awful! haha

It is....I crash padded there when I was force displaced to MEM for 6 months in 2005. Its a Knights Inn now and was run down but $40 a night for crew....can only imagine what it was like in the 1980s lol.

User currently offlinebobbypsp From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 23 posts, RR: 0
Reply 24, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1539 times:

Would be interesting to see sequences from "back in the day" , early jet age , re: Pan Am, TWA and BA when they had round the world flights with amazing number of stops
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