PSA: avoid SLC like the plague
Oct 24, 2021 | 12:01 pm
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Oct 24, 2021 | 12:27 pm
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Example: The OP is currently posting vociferously because they currently have a problem with how the current connector tunnel is being used.
https://slcairport.com/thenewslc/the...lc-fact-sheet/
- West Tunnel connecting concourses-3 elevators, 3 escalators, 3 moving walkways
- Connector to Gateway: 4 elevators, 2 escalators, 4 moving walkways
with respect to your argument about DEN, please read the wiki on post hoc, ergo propter hoc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc.
Enjoy the day I am off for a walk about.
Last edited by FlyingUnderTheRadar; Oct 24, 2021 at 12:40 pm
Oct 24, 2021 | 1:01 pm
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When I flew into DEN on DL I could only take the train. When train broke down. I could not get to Denver. That is pretty big penalty. Not building a people tunnel was a deliberate design decision. May not have been deliberate to penalize customers not flying UA but penalized they got.
UA in concourse B always required use of the train.
Oct 24, 2021 | 2:19 pm
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DL operates out of B now, and that will continue even after the build is complete so what is the point of this thread? Don't visit SLC because it will take 5 more minutes to exit the terminal than it did in the past? The new terminal is so much more efficient from an aircraft movement perspective that it will cut gate holds immensely so it's probably a wash, except for your poor legs.
Oct 24, 2021 | 2:37 pm
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However, if you have a late night arrival into the high numbered A gates the exit from terminal A is frequently closed and they deliver bags at the B/C carousels. This means a walk to the B terminal exit and over the "bridge" to baggage claim. That's about 3600 feet. I've walked it many times, along with many even longer walks at other airports.
Oct 24, 2021 | 4:16 pm
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So it's yet another public structure built without regard for those with mobility issues.
Oct 24, 2021 | 6:40 pm
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on 28th August 2003 (030828)
and sat in seat 7A for their journey
and presumably are proud of having done so which would explain why they chose this specific screen-name
Oct 24, 2021 | 6:44 pm
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Oct 24, 2021 | 7:40 pm
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Oct 24, 2021 | 9:21 pm
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Oct 24, 2021 | 10:13 pm
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Yes, the SLC walk is annoying but it isn't some sort of crazy deviation from the norm in modern airports.
Oct 24, 2021 | 10:54 pm
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you people keep using the word "current".
that word.... i do not think it means what you think it means.
<reading comprehension insult redacted>
there will NOT be a train. there will NOT be an APM.
the time penalty on any customers not flying DL to SLC is a PERMANENT FEATURE of the new SLC.
with respect to your argument about DEN, please read the wiki on post hoc, ergo propter hoc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
Denver is not deliberately designed to penalize customers not flying UA.
that word.... i do not think it means what you think it means.
<reading comprehension insult redacted>
there will NOT be a train. there will NOT be an APM.
the time penalty on any customers not flying DL to SLC is a PERMANENT FEATURE of the new SLC.
with respect to your argument about DEN, please read the wiki on post hoc, ergo propter hoc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
Denver is not deliberately designed to penalize customers not flying UA.
So its not just non-DL pax. DL flights do show up in other concourses.
Also, try an LAX international flight connection where you arrive at TBIT and the outbound is T6 sometime.
Oct 24, 2021 | 10:58 pm
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Oct 25, 2021 | 1:32 am
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You wrote the following:
If you weren't being purposely dramatic when you proposed murdering people, I'm genuinely concerned.
If you weren't being purposely dramatic when you proposed murdering people, I'm genuinely concerned.
Oct 25, 2021 | 8:59 am
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