Originally Posted by
schematic
Yet another ridiculous complaint. I've deplaned onto the tarmac in quite a few airports, often from a seat in F or C, and never thought to complain about the weather. There are a lot of airports around the world that rely on ferrying buses rather than jetways, even to handle large planeloads. Somehow, people survive. Often times I'm even glad to promptly get a breath of fresh air (or semi-fresh, given the jet exhaust) since it's so scarce in a long voyage.
In short, geez.
ORD is UAs home airport. Plus they have cut capacity significantly over the years. Yes, people "survive" walking in the rain. But that should not be the standard for a major world-wide airline at their home airport. Whether they are too cheap to pay for additional gates or too lazy to let a flight deplane at a gate and then tow it to another, having tarmac walks at ORD should be an embarrassment to UA.
Originally Posted by
JeffS
I'm guesssing some here have never flown into and out of FRA.
Yes, I've flown in and out of FRA, and at times had to ride the bus. But FRA is not UA's home airport, nor do they operate hundreds of flight or have their own terminal. Again, no excuse.