Why Spanish when English is the official language of aviation? Mark -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allan9 Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:18 AM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: The continent's top airport? 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 > > > --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date: 13/05/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date: 13/05/2003