Now arriving gate 12, gate 13, gate 14, gate 15, 16, 17, 18,... 21, 22, 23...
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Depends on the airport. The original design for IAD was quite elegant with the mobile lounges, but they never really adapted the system for security checkpoints nor could it really deal with the hub-and-spoke post-degreg environment (that and Dulles not having enough gates in the original design).@SkyDog58 .. and then there were the days of your where you shuttle bussed from the terminal to your airplane... and not that long ago either...
@SkyDog58 .. and then there were the days of your where you shuttle bussed from the terminal to your airplane... and not that long ago either...
Why reminisce when you can do that in LGA today. The lovely blast fence awaits you!@SkyDog58 .. and then there were the days of your where you shuttle bussed from the terminal to your airplane... and not that long ago either...
I was trying to remember which place was designed with the moon buggies and was failing. Thanks for updating memory banks that it was Dulles.Depends on the airport. The original design for IAD was quite elegant with the mobile lounges, but they never really adapted the system for security checkpoints nor could it really deal with the hub-and-spoke post-degreg environment (that and Dulles not having enough gates in the original design).
I can remember walking down the stairs and under the terminal and then walking out on the ramp to the airplane...both stateside and overseas.
I think it was Montreal that had the elevator buses that came out to the aircraft, raided up and you got on, it lowered and then drove to the terminal and raised back up.
and then there were the days of your where you shuttle bussed from the terminal to your airplane... and not that long ago either...
The first time I flew in a commercial jet (1980s) it was raining; I had to use an umbrella to walk out to the stairs where the airplane was parked. They collected the brollies at the top of the stairs. A little different now.@SkyDog58 .. and then there were the days of your where you shuttle bussed from the terminal to your airplane... and not that long ago either...
Which brings up the memory of the time I was trying to jumpseat from Houston Intercontinental to College Station on Continental Express. We loaded onto the bus, the nice lady drove us to the plane and we all got onboard. The FA closes the door, the engines start up, and the pretty FA gives us the standard safety briefing, then ends with ''Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight to Lake Charles..." I think to myself, ''self, you got on the wrong bus.!!'' As the plane starts to move several passenger speak up and say they are going to College Station....the FA ask if everyone is going to College Station and every one nods their head. She immediately goes up front, the plane jerks to a stop and a second later the engines shut down, a bus pulls up and we all off load the plane and load up on the bus. The nice lady drives us to another plane, and this time we all ask where this plane is going....
Air travel used to be so much fun.!!