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Nov 17, 2002 | 10:44 am
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A nice piece in today's Dallas Morning News bemoaning the replacement of stairs from the tarmac with jetways.

http://www.dallasnews.com/travel/oth...col.24ad9.html
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Nov 17, 2002 | 4:16 pm
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Although I understand the writers sentiments jetways are a great way to get off the plane quickly, dry and without having to drag baggage down stairs...
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Nov 17, 2002 | 4:56 pm
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Nothing brings back the wonder and excitment of travel to the forefront of my mind, quicker than exiting a 747 by stairs and standing on the ground looking up at that baby.
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Nov 17, 2002 | 5:11 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ScottC:
jetways are a great way to get off the plane quickly, dry and without having to drag baggage down stairs...</font>
Alas, you can not do this at San Jose, CA on United. They don't have any jetways in that terminal (I've walked up or down the stairs there many times during our rainy season).

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Nov 18, 2002 | 7:57 am
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It's called an umbrella.
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Nov 18, 2002 | 8:24 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PremEx:
Nothing brings back the wonder and excitment of travel to the forefront of my mind, quicker than exiting a 747 by stairs . . .</font>
. . . with 2 heavy pieces of handcarry and a tired body after a 14 hour trip across the Pacific.

Used to do this a lot in NRT back when NW would let their B744s "sleep" in NRT for the night. These days, NW sends them on for intra-Asia flights.

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Nov 18, 2002 | 10:54 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by tom911:
Alas, you can not do this at San Jose, CA on United. They don't have any jetways in that terminal (I've walked up or down the stairs there many times during our rainy season).

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When I'm at SJC I'm usually at the newer Terminal A, which does have jetways.

Another airport I fly to often, BUR (Burbank) has no jetways at all.

Ed

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Nov 18, 2002 | 11:27 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PremEx:
Nothing brings back the wonder and excitment of travel to the forefront of my mind, quicker than exiting a 747 by stairs and standing on the ground looking up at that baby.</font>
Equally impressive is leaving a 777 via the rear door, just under the vertical tailfin. That thing is BIG!
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Nov 18, 2002 | 12:11 pm
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That is what I love at Cape Town airport. You have to walk to your aircraft and see this huge 747 in front of you. Very impressing each time.

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Nov 18, 2002 | 12:32 pm
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See http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum39/HTML/001079.html from Virgin Blue. Speaks for itself.
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Nov 18, 2002 | 1:32 pm
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I always enjoy getting into planes that don't use a jet bridge *or* stairs. Just a little step up point. And maybe walking on the wing.
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Nov 18, 2002 | 11:19 pm
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The only time I like using stairs during air travel is when I'm walking up to business class on a 747

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Nov 19, 2002 | 9:44 am
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I guess you have to love the beauty of the plane to really enjoy walking beneath/beside such fantastic machines.

Give me the steps.
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Nov 19, 2002 | 7:39 pm
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I rather enjoy walking to the plane outside (weather permitting). It's nice to get a breath of fresh air before boarding.
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