For anyone who is interested, connections from Delta flights in LAX (which arrive in Terminal 5) to American Eagle, the connection is via a dedicated airside shuttle bus that leaves from gate 52B. 52B is not particularly well marked, so one must be sure what one is looking for. The gate area is a small waiting room attended by "bus-dragons" who will verify that one holds a current boarding pass for an American Eagle connection. Transit is via a stairway to tarmac level, which may justify some attention for those with heavy carry-ons or who may be of limited mobility. Presumably there is provision for attended handling of wheelchair passengers but the access route is not evident. The bus seems to run about every twenty minutes plus a driving time of about five minutes to AE. Connecting passengers should take into account a possible maximum delay of these 25 minutes for transit.

As a note to avoid confusion, AE passengers originating in LAX and transferring from other than Terminals 2,3, and 5 would check in and board at AA Terminal 4, where there is a shuttle bus that departs from Gate 44. Passengers transferring from Terminals 2, 3, and 5 use the airside shuttle buses from those terminals respectively. Do not go landside and re-enter security to make a connection, even though the walk from 5 to 4 is only a few minutes outside. The only open tunnel at LAX now is the one from 5 to 6.

The new AE terminal is located east of Terminal 8 and replaces the old terminal near the TBIT, which has been demolished for TBIT expansion. The new terminal is minimal, with a restroom and vending machines. Ominously, there is a service area prominently market "American Eagle Rebooking Center." Passengers may entertain themselves wandering around and identifying photographs of celebrities boarding AA flights in the early sixties. Frank Sinatra is shown holding a carry-on bearing a luggage tag marked "IDL."