Rulayousef4 I very much enjoyed watching Pan Am, I felt that I go a exciting voyage with them.The characters was interesting especially the stewardesses , I like the outfits they wear it, the graceful walking , the look and their attractive personalities.What caught my attention the most is the pilots, seemed to students at the university. I liked Captain Dean Laurie (Mike Vogel) he is a pilot in reality For this reason, it was a nice role in the series .This series showed the reality of what is happening in the work of the majority of those working in the aviation.

stefan_s-493-927974 First, let me say that I very rarely watch any network TV programming. For those of you that thrive on prime time programming seven nights a week, your tastes may differ substantially from mine.Having said that, however, I will also say that I have bought the entire season from Amazon. That is the first time I have ever done that. This should say quite a bit about how much I like Pan Am.Several people have had their nit picks about various details. Remember that they are trying to recreate something from half a century ago, and it isn't just a matter of building a set in a studio plus a few exterior shots around town. Recreating the interior of a Boeing 707 and the entirety of Pan Am's Worldport must have been extremely challenging. It looks convincing enough, as do the uniforms.Yes, the pilots were way too young to be believable, that just wouldn't have happened in reality. The best I can say about that is that the main plots don't really revolve around them all that much. I can mentally substitute someone 20 years older and it pretty much still works.Yes, just about everyone smoked back then. Mad Men accurately reflects that, Pan Am doesn't. Being a non-smoker myself, maybe Pan Am depicts the way I wish things were instead of the way they really were.Overseas airline travel, especially on Pan Am, really was as exciting and glamorous as depicted. I never had the opportunity to fly on Pan Am myself, but you read things and you heard stories from people that had been lucky enough to do so. What is depicted in the television show seems to ring true.Pan Am stewardesses really were a special breed and icons of their era. The show revolves around them, and I suppose that their characterization and depiction is about as good as can be expected. There really was a lot of sexism in those days, and if anything what is depicted in the show is probably toned down a bit from the way it actually was. I doubt if Maggie would have actually been able to get away with as much as she does in the show. Of course we never heard anything about Pan Am stewardesses being CIA or MI6 operatives at the time, but in retrospect this makes perfect sense, and I don't doubt that it did happen. I do suspect that it would all have been done with a lot more care and lot less haphazard improvisation than is depicted - the airline's reputation was itself an important national asset, and neither the US government nor Juan Trippe would have wanted anything done that would have messed that up.As for the various plots: I've gotten hooked on the series, but some plot lines were more believable and entertaining than others. I actually did like the various clandestine missions that Kate was sent on. Collete is an attractive character, but would have been made more interesting if a deeper multi-dimensionality to her personality and back story could have been brought out. I actually found Maggie to be more than a little annoying; I frankly kept wishing that she would have gotten the firing that she richly deserved. Laura also left a little to be desired, and I would have liked to have seen a little more depth to her character rather than just seeing her panic through the endless successions of little crises that her immaturity keeps leading her into. Bridget actually gave the impression of being a very deep and interesting character - it is a shame that she was kept mostly in the background for the entire series. As other posters have pointed out, it really was unreal to have the same four main characters (plus the pilot and co-pilot) constantly flying together; we all knew that stewardesses were constantly being rotated around. I guess some artistic liberties were needed in order to build a series, but this was a very big one. In later episodes you do start seeing some of the characters taking time off and not being on board with the others, so that partially brings back some semi-reality. Still, the reality actually was that crew members working for Pan Am got to work with and know a lot of other Pan Am crew members; not exactly one big happy family, but it was a much wider network of relationships than what is depicted in the show.I do agree with many other posters that the pilot and co-pilot were unbelievably young, and I was not very impressed with or interested in their stories. The episode where the pilot decides to go ahead with an emergency landing in Haiti, of all places, and then barely takes off on a too-short runway minus the luggage and one dead passenger and plus one stowaway is just too unbelievable to allow even the usual suspension of belief. That he is still allowed to be in the cockpit in future episodes really does take us into never-never land. The pilots really were highly experienced and older, mostly ex-military WWII era. They really were called "Skygods", and for a reason. Even the older pilot that they introduce for the Moscow episode is only barely believable. The Pan Am pilots of that era were the best in the business and they didn't mess around, inside the cockpit at least.In summary, Pan Am isn't perfect - it has its flaws both when it comes to historical accuracy and as a television drama. Nevertheless, it did succeed for me in recreating what it was like to fly with and work for an iconic Pan Am in the early 1960s, and I enjoyed watching it.

Xmichala317 Pan Am is a great show. I am obsessed with learning about past decades, especially the 50's and 60's. I was really excited when the show started and every week I'm anxiously waiting to watch the next episode. I think the whole plot is really interesting. Some people have said it doesn't show how Pan Am truly was in the 60's, but the show wasn't meant to give everyone a history lesson. It is meant to give people an idea of what life was like back then for people, mostly focusing on the lives of Pan Am stewardesses and pilots. I'm sure most people know that not all of Pan Am's employees behaved the same way or had the same lifestyles as the characters in the show. This show is really good and I hope it gets brought back for another season. If it doesn't I will be really disappointed. It is a lot better than some other shows out there. And for the people who complain that it's on too late, you can watch it anytime on ABC.com or on demand. I think the show is good for pretty much any age group over 12 years old.

karensu76 This is simply put....a beautiful show! The characters are being built, so that you get to know them as we "grow" with the show. It transports whomever is watching to an intense, wonderful time in history with excellent writing, lush production scenes & costuming, interesting & smart actors........it has the qualities to be a long lasting show...IF ABC will allow it to become one. More costly to produce? Possibly, probably, but it shows! Interwoven with modern historical events..... this past Sunday we are left with bated breath as the world, and especially, the "Pan Am" world learns of the shooting of an American President....but we do not "know" if it is fatal; that will come. But no, not on Sunday night, January 29th!:( No!That would be too much continuity for a NEW show. I am being sarcastic here folks. A new show needs continuity to build their characters and a connection with their audience/viewers. ABC....give this show a chance! Once Up On a Time, Revenge, Last Man Standing, and Pan Am all need their chance. And most of my friends feel this way!!! I will NOT be watching GCB or CGB or whatever in the heck it is being called as the mid season replacement for Pan AM.......Pan AM should have gone the full season! Crazy, crazy, crazy. People watch this show and fight for it to survive.....there is so much crap on TV these days, and this is not.