Originally Posted by
San Gottardo
The point is a different one: you don't need these letters! There are terminals 1-7, and then inside these terminals you have gates that have numbers. That's all. Why add that complexity? I know it's France and we love it, but why can't they for once make an exception?
Because then passengers would need to know which terminal their onwards flight departs from, which
adds complexity as they need to research additional information. Why make it so complicated when you can simply tell them to go to "gate D34", instead of "terminal 6, gate 634"?
And good luck not confusing the hell out of people who check-in in one "terminal" but their gate is in another (as is the case at CDG for some AF flights).
Originally Posted by
orbitmic
"Much better"? And there is no G gate, remember, the letters miraculously chosen to make sure the whole thing is as much better as possible are B, C, D, E, F, N, R, S, and V. I'm sure that's an optimally logical and perfect choice too!
The numbers and letters I used were an example of why this model is better than pure numbers. They don't reflect actual numbers used at CDG (which may or may not have been more logical, I don't care, I will follow the signs like I always did and like most pax do).