Lou,
Thanks for the post. I very much enjoyed the video. As to the altimeter setting, I'll have to watch again to figure out why the altimeter was set the way it was ( unless you want to tell us now).  Wouldn't you normally get the current altimeter before transition altitude and use that value while descending through 18,000? Seems they got the current alt. late in the approach.
The 707 and 727 are still my favorite passenger jet AC of all time. Thanks again.

Cheers,
Brian