Is it just me or does everyone think larger airports suck? Over the last couple of weeks I’ve spent time going through Chicago O’Hare (ORD), Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) and Denver (DEN) and honestly, I hate all of them. Who thought it was a good idea to create these massive airports? And continue to grow them? Crazy.
Not only do you have to fight with thousands of other people to check in, pass through security and walk through the halls. And if you’re fortunate enough, you get to transfer by bus or train to different terminals. So rather than spending less than an hour at an airport like Burlington, VT (BVT) that has 16 gates and 2 security lines, you have to spend 2 hours at these larger monstrosity airports and most of the time your plane is late coming in or leaving.
The other thing that gets on my nerves is paying for wifi at airports. At some of the larger airports they’re charging as much as $14,000 per landing of an aircraft and the average is probably around $4-5k. The airports should be including wifi to every single passenger at no additional cost. I have an EVDO card, but sometimes when you’re in a bunker of an airport all you have is wifi. Drop the cost, you’re making enough on the landing fees to give wifi away. And while you’re at it, put power bars around the airports. How much does it cost to power a laptop for an hour or less? And if a plane is delayed, you’ll have a much happier passenger if they can keep their laptop powered.
I figure I could track you down here!
I am sorry about the massive airports, perhaps if you would not travel so much and stay in Montreal with your friends, things would be different!
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Miss you,
Kristina