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Old Apr 25, 2004 | 11:03 am
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Originally Posted by fromYXU

The US is the only country I know that as allowed visitors at the gate. As a result, some airports have created "malls" to get some $ out of them. It was a bad idea then and still is a bad idea. Keep it simple. Passengers need to be screened, screen them. The rest can wait outside.
About 6 months ago at Melbourne, Australia, they were allowing everyone through to the gates in the domestic portion of the airport. I did it. I heard they did the same at Sydney, but I am not positive.
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