Aircrart Arrival/Departure signs at BOS
Nov 3, 2017, 2:35 am
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Aircrart Arrival/Departure signs at BOS
Sure this is a pedantic post, but what's FT for if not for the pedantic!
Flying out of BOS last week, I noticed upon arrival at the airport from the Sumner that the signs directing you to the terminals read "Aircraft Arrivals" and "Aircraft Departures." I don't recall ever seeing that wording before, either at Logan or elsewhere; I'm accustomed to signs that read "Flight Arrivals" and "Flight Departures." Are these signs new or have I just never noticed before?
Flying out of BOS last week, I noticed upon arrival at the airport from the Sumner that the signs directing you to the terminals read "Aircraft Arrivals" and "Aircraft Departures." I don't recall ever seeing that wording before, either at Logan or elsewhere; I'm accustomed to signs that read "Flight Arrivals" and "Flight Departures." Are these signs new or have I just never noticed before?
Nov 3, 2017, 10:05 am
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Most flights in and out of BOS involve aircraft of some type. (The major exception is short hops to Salem, Mass., on Oct. 31.) When the aircraft arrives/leaves, so does the flight, and vice versa. I think it's much the same at most other airports.
Nov 3, 2017, 11:27 am
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They changed it about a year ago or so. The signs used to say the more common 'arrivals' and 'departures'.
Personally, the both ways seem perfectly obvious to me. But I have heard from at least one fairly experienced flyer that they get confused by arrivals/departures, because they see the signs as they are 'arriving at the airport', and think they should go to arrivals, not departures.
Personally, the both ways seem perfectly obvious to me. But I have heard from at least one fairly experienced flyer that they get confused by arrivals/departures, because they see the signs as they are 'arriving at the airport', and think they should go to arrivals, not departures.
Nov 4, 2017, 4:46 am
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