The bliss of taking the stairs
Nov 17, 2002, 10:44 am
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The bliss of taking the stairs
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
http://www.dallasnews.com/travel/oth...col.24ad9.html
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>
jetways are a great way to get off the plane quickly, dry and without having to drag baggage down stairs...</font>
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>
Nothing brings back the wonder and excitment of travel to the forefront of my mind, quicker than exiting a 747 by stairs . . .</font>
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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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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Another airport I fly to often, BUR (Burbank) has no jetways at all.
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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>
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>
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.
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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