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Old Sep 19, 2019 | 5:07 pm
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Originally Posted by fumje
I was a bit perturbed by boarding area E for several years, so imagine how I feel now.

Personally, for some reason I do not know, I would prefer they stick with numbers and not have letter-number. I don't mind so much if they change each gate's number, but it feels as though the schematic complexity goes up by a lot when there is a letter added.
I prefer the letter.

E5 means they can have big signs throughout F that have a giant E and an arrow, rather than having a big range of numbers.

Within E, they can have smaller ranges of smaller numbers.

Overall, I think it will be easier for everyone who hasn't memorized the existing setup.
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