Originally Posted by
Morrissey
Sorry, that doesn't sound very simple to me. You are aware how US airports are laid out, aren't you? The only way this would work would be to put all international flights in ONE terminal at every US airport. That's not going to happen. Billions and billions of dollars are not going to be spent redesigning US airports so that French people can visit Tahiti more easily. It's very simplistic to point to other countries with one (or two) international airports and say, "if they can do it, then so can we." The sheer number of international flights and airports does not make this feasible. Given all this, do you have any other suggestions?
Offer visa-free transit for same aircraft flights like NZ1/2 (stay on the aircraft) and allow airlines/airports to build terminals with facilities to handle this kind of connection.
If someone is going to say that all pax on flights taking off in the US have to be screened in the US: those pax are already on aircraft in US airspace before landing, so what's the difference?