American, DFW disagree over international terminal signs GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) =97 American Airlines says it disagrees with a plan to= =20 use only English signs at an international terminal under construction at=20 Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Fort Worth-based American is the=20 world's largest airline and accounts for almost 70 percent of all flights=20 out of DFW. The new international terminal is scheduled to open in 2005. At= =20 the very least, the signs should be written in Spanish, too, American=20 spokesman John Hotard said. Currently, airport signs are written in=20 Spanish, French, German and Chinese. The plan is to replace them with signs= =20 in English and universal icons to direct passengers to taxis, restrooms and= =20 ticket counters. "You either have to put all languages up or none of them,= =20 because you don't want to leave someone out," Clay Paslay, executive vice=20 president for airport development, said in Wednesday's editions of The=20 Dallas Morning News. "With the icons and consistency in format, that=20 international passenger from anywhere in the world will be able to find his= =20 or her way along." Officials with Delta Air Lines said its ticket counter=20 signs in U.S. airports are similar to the proposed DFW signs. "They are=20 passenger-friendly, and they do address the needs of all international=20 passengers," spokeswoman Peggy Estes said. Officials with John F. Kennedy=20 International Airport and LaGuardia Airport in New York and Ronald Reagan=20 Washington National Airport and Washington-Dulles International Airport=20 said they do not use Spanish on their terminal signs. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.cso.gov.tt TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************