No because 747's probably never venture into this area but you would think they'd at least make it tall enough for 757's to get under. They don't put 747's on the gates closest to the terminal at most airports so why go to extremes with the bridge? I still think planners screwed up on this one. Jose Prize Fan of executing planners who screw up, like the AA idiots who stupidly insisted years ago that the MD11 was the largest aircraft that AA would ever have at MIA when they did initial gate layouts for the new terminal - a lot of redesign was done after AA bought 777's - duh..... In a message dated 8/5/2003 11:52:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Subj: Re: [Sky-1] A318 vs B717 > Date: 8/5/2003 11:52:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx";>damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Sent from the Internet > > I don't think you can blame the planners on this one as far as the height is > concerned. The bridge should have been an underground tunnel. Where do you > stop at the height? Do you make it high enough for a 747? > > David R > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <B787300@xxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 19:34 > Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] [Sky-1] A318 vs B717 > > > >Unbelievable! Why didn't DEN planners plan on a taller height for the > bridge > >so they don't impede aircraft? > > > >And rather than spend all this money on consultants with laser gizmos to > >measure heights, why don't they just tow a damn empty A318 to the spot, > slowly > >maneuver the tail up to the bridge, and have someone on a bucket truck or > >something measure the difference between the tail height and the bottom of > the bridge > >on the centerline and maybe 3 or 4 feet in each direction in case they > have a > >drunk flight crew someday that can't stay on the centerline? > > > >If it fits, it fits. If it doesn't, it doesn't. So simple but they have > to > >complicate it to death at significant expense. And if an empty one fits > then > >they know that one with fuel, people and cargo will fit because it will > sit > >lower. Of course compacted snow will raise the elevation of the ramp so > maybe > >they could ban the area to A318 when there is snow on the ground. > > > >Jose Prize > >Fan of reality testing >