If I had been able to speak Spanish or willing to learn I had been tenatively been offered the Air Traffic Control rep for AAL @MIA Al ----- Original Message ----- From: <B787300@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10:14 PM Subject: Re: The continent's top airport? > AOL isn't the problem, as you can note below. All you have to do is > highlight the thread and then click the reply button. > > The north-south AA hub at RDU could have been successful for AA had they > pursued it, along with the east-west AA hub at BNA. However AA pulled out of > both airports years ahead of their planned future growth at both airports to > concentrate in other areas such as MIA where AA wanted to get a hub up and > running fast during the final year and ultimate shutdown of Eastern in > January 1991. AA built the hub at MIA so fast that United never had a chance > after Pan Am died on December 4, 1991. United took their sweet time taking > over some of the former Pan Am routes and only did it half-heartedly, leaving > many Pan Am routes dormant due to competition by AA. > > Jose Prize > Fan of history > > In a message dated 5/20/2003 4:49:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > Subj:Re: The continent's top airport? > > Date:5/20/2003 4:49:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time > > From:<A HREF="mailto:dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx";>dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx</A> > > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > > To:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > > Sent from the Internet > > > > > > > > On Monday, May 19, 2003, at 01:43 PM, Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > > > > > Security, unless in T1 at peak WN times, is a breeze at LAX. In > > > addition, > > > they whisk you through if your flight is imminent. > > > > Sure, but wouldn't it be nicer not to have to do it again at all? It's > > still a pain to take your laptop out of it's case, take off your shoes, > > etc. > > > > The problem is really rather simple. LAX is not designed as a hub for > > connections. Multiple small, independent terminals is great for O&D > > traffic since it shouldn't take as long to get from ticket counter to > > gate or gate to baggage claim. On the other hand, when you have to go > > from one to the other, it takes longer because you have an additional > > time variable (reclear security) to factor in. > > > > And my brother who was there last month just told me that the > > inter-terminal connections for the south side are now closed. He was > > in terminal 5 flying Delta and the signs said closed; a friend of his > > flying United out of 7 tried to meet up with someone else flying > > Continental out of 6 (which United and Delta also use, or at least used > > to) but could not get over there. > > > > ATL, as previously mentioned, is a great hub airport. You can go from > > any gate to any other gate without reclearing security, including from > > one airline to another. On the other hand, for the O&D passenger, it > > can be quite a journey from ticket counter to gate or gate to baggage > > claim. The T-gates passengers have it pretty good, but the > > international E concourse is way out there. Fortunately the subway > > works great. > > > > TSA, however, likely hates this, since a security "breach" means they > > have to evacuate the whole airport. Independent terminals make it > > easier to handle an evacuation since much of the rest of the airport > > can keep functioning. > > > > As was recently discussed, however, the best locations for hub airports > > also tend to be the biggest O&D markets, ie the success of ORD and DFW > > versus the failure of RDU. > > > > Alireza, please remember to include something of the post you're > > replying too; Listserv is *not* threaded. If AOL won't do it for you, > > find something better. :) > > > > -- > > David Mueller / HNL > > dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx > > http://www.quanterium.com > > >