This was economy class seating on a Pan Am 747 in 1970. It resembles a TV or movie set to me as I have never seen anything like it. I can easily recognize this era in transportation, one where people chose "dressing up" as their mode travel by air. Fifty years later people wear flip-flops on the plane to make the required removal of shoes by airport security more bearable.
What's ironic about this comparison is that planes today travel faster but the lines to board them are longer than ever and growing longer due to TSA regulations and an increased number of flights and people flying.