Originally Posted by
GUWonder
. But IAD international flights mainly get deplaned by using roving moon buggies.
Resource constraints is why they tend to do this stuff at choke-points that hit larger number of passengers rather than to do this at gates, even where flights come in directly into an arrival terminal jetbridge for deplaning.
False. At IAD the choke point is in the glass walled walkway between jetbridge and the escalator. After that some portion of pax go to main terminal CBP and some portion go to connections CBP. @:-)
Testing people at MT CBP is only testing a fraction of pax. Only testing GE pax at MT CBP is testing a fraction of a fraction.
Originally Posted by
UKtravelbear
If they are targetting people from 'hot zones' for Ebola and other serious diseases etc etc then the place to do it is on the jetway (or close to it) so that people can be isolated quickly rather then let them mix with the general public.
Well sure.
But this is the US government we are talking about. Logic does not apply. No reason to achieve containment when lazy (bushy bearded) feds are involved!