Remember the way-back-when days when airlines and their employees were the coolest members of society? Pilots were like rich playboys and flight attendants their herem of sexily uniformed sky-babes, and they all partied high above our heads in floating discotheques. Let’s revisit those days before shoe-bomb scares, liquids in ziplocked bags, nutty fees and taxes and billion dollar government bailouts with mental_floss’s listicle of 8 Retro Airline Commercials, especially this one from long-extinct Braniff International. (We found another awesome airline oldie, included after the jump.)

Jet National Airlines takes you to Miami for go-go parties on the beach: