Posted on 01/27/2017 6:40:42 AM PST by C19fan
For once, Donald Trump was guilty of understatement. “Our airports are like from a Third World country,” he complained during the first presidential debate, describing the experience of landing in New York. He was echoing a common complaint—Vice President Joseph Biden had previously used “Third World” to describe La Guardia—but Trump wasn’t adequately diagnosing the problem. Comparing New York’s airports with the Third World’s is unfair to the Third World.
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I had to fly into JFK about ten years ago (my first trip to ever use the airport). I stepped off the plane and this big huge mildew smell hit me. Whole place had the appearance of some third-world customs hallway. After messing around with cancelled flights (summer thunderstorm at 3PM in the afternoon)...I made up my mind never to transit JFK ever again.
I landed in La Guardia after a southern cruise, so had to go through immigration and customs. Several hundred of us stood for over 45 minutes in an underground hallway because...I don’t have a clue why. When we managed to be led out of the tunnel, we came into a room where we waited another hour to go through customs. No wonder so many prefer to avoid all of this and to enter the country on foot from the south.
A few terminals at JFK—notably JetBlue’s new terminal and Delta’s terminal renovations—are actually very nice. Most of the rest is terrible, though the International Terminal is undergoing long-needed renovations.
I was amazed at how nice the subways and airports were in China when I visited there in 2013.
Part of it is that he who builds last builds best.
Even at the homeowner level, everybody knows that it’s a lot easier to build new than to rip out and redo.
But Deblasio would rather pay for illegal alien welfare and lawsuits than have the Feds make NYC airports great again.
Dangling shiny new airports at New Yorkers will have mayor commie caving pretty quick.
Many years ago during a discussion about politics with a boyhood mentor of mine about power politics, he pointed out this hierarchy:
First comes the PA director (Tobin at that time), then comes God, then comes the President. He correctly noted to me that the PAofNY was the most powerful body in the area due to its autonomy. I guess after reading this, his opinion, except for God, was validated.
Try building an airport today. If the EPA doesn’t lock you down than some eco-nazi group will. Trump can change regs that keeping folks from building/improving.
LGA is disgusting. Actually, getting there is even worse. Coming from Jersey, by the time you drive over the GWB, Deegan, TriBoro and Grand Central, you are down a pair of struts, $15 and no place to park. It’s a disgusting all around trip.
The best two terminals i have seen are, in America, Orlando.
Abroad, Brisbane Australia.
I thought JFK was bad until I had a layover at LaGuardia.
That doesn’t say much. How many terminals have you seen?
Lets see, that sounds interesting.
Anchorage, Seattle, Reno, Minniapolis, Orlando, Sacramento, Orlando, Long Beach,Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Honolulu.
Try some Asian airports...
I think SFO is okay. Summertime weather, though, can make departures risky. Foggy conditions are common. Baltimore is good. Chicago and Denver are good for layovers, although that’s all I’ve ever done there.
Portland, Or is good for arrivals and layovers, but bad for departures. TSA people very lazy. In Oregon, I always go to Eugene for departures. Smaller regional airport, rarely more than two flights departing per hour.
Not too interested at the moment though i would like very much to visit DisneySea in Tokyo.
But while on the subject of terminals i have to admit Brisbane was very very nice, Sydney International was quick but dated, the domestic side was horrendous!
Honolulu was interestinn to say the least if you are arriving from other than the US. Intense scrutiny!
In summary my only flights in the last decade were one trip to Sacramento from Anchorage, family emergency and a 5 week vacation a year ago in Oz flying from Anchorage to Honolulu.
Did not see any part of the island though. Its been the TSA stormtroopers that has kept me from flying more often.
Hopefully President Trump will address these issues, i believe he can.
Same here the ONLY place i would head east would be Florida, im actually dreading a trip next month to Minniapolis for a certification course, as much as i hate our long winters in Alaska i have no enthusiasm for the cold clammy dreary winter midwest.
Why would the FedGov be involved in an airport like these? Military airports or ones in DC are about all they should be doing.
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