No more beeping carts at CLT
May 10, 2017, 4:26 pm
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No more beeping carts at CLT
Looks like the concourses at CLT will be a bit quieter. Interesting that it's usually quicker to make a connection in a wheelchair than in an electric cart:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/new...149664479.html
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/new...149664479.html
May 10, 2017, 10:03 pm
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May 11, 2017, 1:41 am
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May 11, 2017, 2:36 am
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Looks like the concourses at CLT will be a bit quieter. Interesting that it's usually quicker to make a connection in a wheelchair than in an electric cart:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/new...149664479.html
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/new...149664479.html
I didn't know
May 11, 2017, 6:09 am
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I wonder if it has a high takeoff and landing count because of cargo or lots and lots of small airplanes?
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Looks like it's because it has lots and lots of small passenger and small private airplanes.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/liv...le9079382.html
Last edited by nutwpinut; May 11, 2017 at 6:12 am Reason: Researched more and found the answer
May 11, 2017, 6:11 am
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I learned to fly at UND in Grand Forks, ND. Due to the large aviation program, at the time GFK was somewhere around 20TH busiest US airport.
May 11, 2017, 7:07 am
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When I read the title I thought, great, now they'll run me over in silence.
Seriously, the hallways in CLT are way too narrow and crowded for carts. Good riddance.
Seriously, the hallways in CLT are way too narrow and crowded for carts. Good riddance.
May 11, 2017, 7:58 am
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Detroit - the new McNamara terminal that is now 15 years old - has nice wide, straight concourses and never used beeper carts. They were always a choice, not a necessity. CLT's move shows that.
May 11, 2017, 8:11 am
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Never said they were a necessity. Just that DFW is better designed to handle them.
May 11, 2017, 8:49 am
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Sorry to hijack a CLT thread, but at least the ones at DFW don't have the recording "dee doo dee doo An American Airlines Passenger Service Vehicle is approaching; please step aside" playing non-stop like they did way back when (early 90's or so <?>)