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To: ArGee; Tax-chick; moose07
What do you mean “back when”?
It’s now called “Newark Liberty International”.

Back when? I give you whippersnappers a back when. Back in the stone age, before Boeing 747s came into service after arriving in NYC, my first job was doing construction drawing detail work for Terminal C£. The terminal shells had been completed, so most of the work was architectural metal, counters, overhead monitors, ticket counters, etc. FAA approval of the 747s meant extending satellite boarding structures for them. Think of plan view of a series of lollipops connected to the main terminal, with planes parking nose to the circular loading structures. So big revisions had extensions to allow the adjustable loading bridges to dock with the planes...my sub-project. Overtime pay over two years was huge.;>)

Factoid: Pneumatic delivery tube network moved paperwork from main terminal ticket counters to the satellite terminals....whoosh!

iirc, the Sabre reservation/ticket computer system had just come on line about that time...American Airlines exclusive.?

First time seeing the gargantuan Terex trucks...in convoys, no less, moving sand and cement for the aprons and runways. Like watching 3 story houses moving at 30mph+ kicking up dust like a Saharan sandstorm.

1,451 posted on 04/27/2020 2:53:17 PM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor; Monkey Face; Darksheare; NicknamedBob; ArGee

There was a period in the mid-90s, right after the rehab, when Newark Airport was new and nice, with chairs and everything.

Sabre belonged to American originally. They made a lot of money licensing it to other users. I was trained on it when I worked for the insurance company.


1,454 posted on 04/28/2020 2:05:55 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Make an animal friend today!)
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