Originally Posted by
Section 107
In a few years the redesign of the terminal will be completed and pax will only have to clear one screening checkpoint before having access to all terminals.
Not quite. The OP's conundrum remains, since Southwest, JetBlue, Air Canada, etc. remain marooned on the banjo (Concourse A).
Originally Posted by
bwiadca
Which I find it completely pointless. They are not gaining anything by moving security check points next to the subway entrance.
The C piers gets seriously crowded between banks of AA flights. Better to allow those waiting for flights to spill out into the underused National Hall, which also improves the retail choices for connecting pax.
I'm the only guy I know who's ever used National Hall as a shopping destination, back when my commute took me past the airport on the Mount Vernon Trail. I remember trying to return something to the Oakley stand there; I was instructed to do as everyone else does and take the Metro two stops up to Pentagon City.
Already, MWAA is diverting some money from DCA to IAD -- to say that it should divert even more is