Newsstand - expert says airlines might see more pax if airports better designed

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/travel/Business/Travelfeature031010Friendlier_airports_csm.html

An increasing number of baby boomers are getting ready to retire, but one expert says that airports make it tough for seniors to fly.

The article talks about the waiting and walking.

We could do plenty today by:
1- Opening up the closed parking that somebody someplace has closed for NO GOOD REASON. Currently you can drive a bomb up to the door of terminal, but you can not park a car bomb further away in the garage.

2 - You can reduce the amount of foolish take off your shoes and look for pointy things that are PROVEN to be ineffective in stopping weapons.

3 - Stop asking so many darn questions and checking IDs every 20 feet. This too DOES NOT provide for increase air safety.

Duh!

they could design pax better, too, with no clothing, no orifices to hide things, and transparent bodies. That would speed things up a lot.

Back to serious suggestions...

They could stop the incessant security announcements that blast out at you every few minutes...it would make it a whole lot easier for people to talk on their cellphones and get work done.

Who needs to be told over and over that "only passengers with boarding passes" are allowed on the upper level, when you are already on the upper level???

I'd cast my vote for street-level pricing as being an area for most airports to improve. After getting soaked recently at SEA for something like 6 bucks for a can of pop and a bag of chips, some sanity needs to return to how much travellers are charged.

Better designed airports is all well and good, but I notice costs while travelling, not the height of handrails or whatever.

hehe funny but true story

A guy leaving one day for a flight parked up in the drop off zone and proceeded to the check-in counter. From there he proceeded to his gate.

All the while, the vehicle was left up top, and after about 5 or so annoucements, the car was towed. The man then boarded his plane.

When he got to his destination, a friend picked him up out front, in another drop off area. It finally hit him that he had left his car there.

Guess he called the airport and they put him in contact with the airport authority. They told him how to retrieve the car and such.

Pretty funny

Amazing that you can "park" right in front of the terminal, but you can not park in the parking garage 100 foot away.

Where are the brains in this outfit?

In my airports case, the only parking garage in the area is not owned by the airport.

Its owned by another company that bought the property from the airport to build the garage. They then rented out the first two levels to the rental companies and then let the airport employees park on the top level of the garage.

That might be the reason that you can't park at the garage there.