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Old Aug 10, 2003 | 10:58 am
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The bigger problem is the clueless airport operations team at OAK.

1) Baggage claims OWNED by OAK, 2 break down a week normally. Hence consolidating to one or two baggage claims (old terminal vs the southwest terminal)

2) OAK could take the ramp area in front of the UA ops area all the way down the airport approach road and put a temporary road "non airside" that allow for priority access to the BART and OAK OWNED Long Term busses and maybe a "kiss and fly" somewhere outside the airport. The backup seems to be worst around the approaches to get to parking and dropping people off. The transport lanes seem to always be moving.

3) No elite line at the security checkpoint. Other than UA, most OAK carriers do provide a timely checkin, so the biggest hassle is the security checkpoint

4) Timing the charters to leave peak AM! What morons... to boot putting the charter check in near the checkpoints. You would think OAK would provide a landing fee incentive to the charters to not fly peak hours.

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