AIRLINE: Now that I think of them a bit more, my first riding experience was at JFK coming from Jordan in 1983. I recall feeling the vehicle "bounce" serveral times on the way down. This scared me a bit in that ours might have been over the number of passengers allow by the manufacturer. I thought it might go crashing down at any moment. Should an incident happen while they are boarding or deplaning, it could tip over. Someone at one time called them "People Movers" however most internet references under that name refer to something else entirely differnent. >From a distance, they look like a child's toy. A few years back, I saw the one at IAD and from the restuarant's perspective, I didn't understand at first what I was seeing. Ha! Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass -- Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass --- boblochry <boblochry@msn.com> wrote: > You can add BWI and PHL to that list. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael A. Burris" <yul@prodigy.net> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 8:20 PM > Subject: Re: Speaking of Montreal... / PTV > > > > AIRLINE: > > > > PTV's then are still used at many airports. I > recall > > them at Mirabel, IAD and JFK, given my experience > some > > years ago. > > > > Mike Burris > > Cambridge, Mass > > > > > > --- Antoin Daltun <adaltun@eircom.net> wrote: > > > I was on an international airlines' committee > which > > > tried to influence the > > > project. > > > > > > We all said repeatedly that it wasn't wanted and > we > > > didn't need and we > > > didn't want PTVs. > > > In fact, most of us wanted to go to Toronto, but > > > some bilaterals required > > > Montreal. > > > > > > We said that if we have to pay for Mirabel, then > > > Ste-Scholastique, some > > > airlines will be forced out of Montreal > altogether. > > > > > > I was with Aer Lingus, which did leave though > that > > > was more related to the > > > arrival of the B747 as the only aircraft which > had a > > > realistic break-even > > > load factor with the then seasonality and fares > mix, > > > and it was realistic > > > only on Boston and JFK. > > > > > > The bilateral still requires Shannon-Montreal, > while > > > the main traffic flow > > > would be Dublin-Toronto. Since 2002, Air Canada > > > operate > > > Toronto-Shannon-Dublin seasonally with B767s on > a > > > waiver basis. Previously, > > > the traffic went mostly on charters and via > London, > > > England. > > > > > > Antoin Daltun > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mike Gammon" <jmgammon@sympatico.ca> > > > For international > > > > arrivals, YMX is/was far more efficient than > YUL. > > > Hopefully the new > > > > terminal building additions for YUL, which > > > apparently include new arrivals > > > > area for int'l and cross-border, will improve > > > things. > > > > > > > > Mike Gammon > > > > > > > >