Forget the planners etc. - the question is this, "can the aircraft taxi under the bridge or not"? That's a pretty basic calculation, regardless of the packed snow/ice/pax/cgo/fuel etc., or did I miss something here? We are talking about an A318 - will it fit under that "mid terminal" bridge or not? JEEZUS! I wonder who will eventually figure it out? Liam. YVR. > 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: > > > 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?