They must not have jetways in china. One crashed airplane can purchse a lot of them
Of course China has jetways in the major cites.
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Passengers are bussed out to planes for local flights. That is correct.
I flew via domestic flight in China back in 2001. Went from Shanghai Pudong airport to Tianjin, near Beijing.
When plane landed at Tianjin airport, I was seated on starboard side. Plane taxis up to gate. No jetway, and there's this crowd of what appeared to be thirty or forty guys standing around, right where it looked to me like our nose wheel would come to rest. Of course, I couldn't see our nose wheel, but as we approached the crowd, I could see them moving out of the way as the landing gear moved into it.
I'm thinking "What's this, a welcoming committee? Is there some dignitary on this flight?"
Nope. Those guys were the baggage conveyor system. Once plane came to rest, they swarm over to the baggage compartment, open the door, and quickly form a human chain, tossing luggage man-to-man into the terminal.
I guess they were standing near the nose wheel so they would be clear of the engines, which were (of course) still running as we neared our parking place.
I don't know if this is still the case in China. A lot has changed there, but they also consider capital more dear than people. In China, replacing a backhoe with fifty humans holding fifty shovels is normal, at least from my observation.