Originally Posted by
docbert
Given they are physically on opposite sides of the airport, how would you not separate them? The only option would be a tunnel on a 3rd level going between them. The weird and wacky design they came up with for the potential connection of them mentioned above show just how complex it would be to make that work (I think the preferred design has been posted here before - it's not pretty!)
They designed it this way. With the check-in lobby in the middle between A and G, it would have been a minimum effort to keep some space for a connecting walk way between them post security.
Originally Posted by
docbert
Also keep in mind that the number of people actually wanting to go going between A and G airside has to be very close to zero. International arrivals (with the exception of a few pre-check locations, most/all of which probably didn't even exist when these terminals were built) all arrive landside, so it's maybe a few domestic arriving passengers, and some airport staff. (Not even airline staff for the most part, given a single airline generally wouldn't use both terminals). With the other terminals connected the number potentially goes up a bit (eg, going from T3 to Intl A makes sense for some connections) - but that wasn't relevant at the time as even Intl G wasn't connected to T3 until not that many years ago.
This is the result of the original design. A and G are not connected, of course there is next to zero people moving between A and G.
Originally Posted by
dhuey
BTW, the long-term plan is to redesign the International Terminal check-in area such that there is an airside corridor directly between A and G. That's many years off, though.
If there is no need to connect A and G, why bother with the long term plan. THERE IS a need. But of course, people would never admit their own mistakes.