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MaineWriter:
Good morning...
28 degrees, sunny, and blue sky, The report is for really warm today...temps up to 50! We'll see...
L
David:
For some TSA humor, enjoy this Sierra Mist TV commercial.
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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on January 04, 2007, 07:18:17 am ---Hi Jeff,
Hmm, I hadn't thought about the Cape Air flights. Were those even TSA people screening them? At Bradley, even the small planes (commercial ones) use the main terminal.
A transfer to Provincetown? LOL ! Now your talking!
David :)
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Yeah, I felt kinda sorry for that guy in P'town, going through my luggage and having to check my worn jockstrap for nitrates. Oh, wait--he looked like he was having entirely too much fun doing that! ;D :laugh:
But, yeah, even in P'town, before boarding the Cape Air Cessna for the commuter hop back to Logan, it was off with the boots and belt--the whole nine yards.
MaineWriter:
Honey, we ALL have to take off our shoes and belts...
L
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on January 04, 2007, 08:16:39 am ---In my journeys, I have noticed how many airports, especially older ones (and Logan falls into this category) have real challenges in retrofitting their physical plant to meet today's security requirements. I don't know if it was by accident or design, but Logan has five separate terminals, each with their own security screening checkpoint.
There have been times that I have flown into Logan and they have taken us from the plane, by shuttle bus, to our next terminal. But usually that is when I have been on a little plane (ie, coming from Portland) and transferring to a bigger plane. I also believe that terminals B, C, an D are all connected by walkways that are behind the screening area (or in the sterile area, as David would say). But it is a hike from B to D, that's for sure!
Compare that with Denver International with one terminal and one security area. Once through, you take a subway to the various concourses. All the concourses have restaurants and shopping...it is a great set up. Atlanta (Hartsfield) is the same way, but I don't like it as much because it is so crowded.
Another airport I avoid, because it has problems like Logan, is Dallas.
I was somewhere not too long ago (Kansas City, maybe?) and all the restaurants and shops were outside the security area. I could see what the original plan had been and how they had to modify the building to accomodate the screening procedures. But from a traveler point of view, it was a major pain in the neck!
L
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Maybe Logan has been retrofitted since the last time I flew to Provincetown. If so, that's great. "Major pain in the neck" would be putting it mildly when you had to come in to the terminal used by Cape Air, go down to the baggage carousel to collect your bags, go out of the terminal, then get yourself over to the next terminal for USAir, then go through Security again. That's why in '05 and '06 I took the train to Boston and then the fast boat down to P'town. It's more time-consuming than flying, but less of a security hassle, and fun, too.
Philadelphia International is similar to Logan in its arrangement of terminals and concourse. Maybe once upon a time that was a more efficient use of the land?
In any case, in my limited travels (around the coffeepot. ... ;) ), the Philadelphia-Boston-Provincetown flight was my frame of reference for making an airline connection, and I would still never allow less than an hour between flights!
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