A Passenger's Wish List for Improving Airports
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A Passenger's Wish List for Improving Airports
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#2But Foy Allen Edelman, a cookbook author from Raleigh, N.C., had another suggestion: how about installing reclining chairs that have a compartment underneath where you can stash a small carry-on bag?
This would probably triple the number of lost bags at the airport, all of which currently generate security events.
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#3But Foy Allen Edelman, a cookbook author from Raleigh, N.C., had another suggestion: how about installing reclining chairs that have a compartment underneath where you can stash a small carry-on bag? This would probably triple the number of lost bags at the airport, all of which currently generate security events.
Good point, but we need to find a better solution than having everybody putting bags on empty seats.
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#4The best airport amenity I've seen is the shower rooms at Tokyo Narita. Remember to pack some clean clothes in your carryon!
Re: A Passenger's Wish List for Improving Airports
#5But Foy Allen Edelman, a cookbook author from Raleigh, N.C., had another suggestion: how about installing reclining chairs that have a compartment underneath where you can stash a small carry-on bag? This would probably triple the number of lost bags at the airport, all of which currently generate security events.
Airport chairs are designed so that you don't fall asleep, reclining chairs would defeat the purpose.
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#6The best airport amenity I've seen is the shower rooms at Tokyo Narita. Remember to pack some clean clothes in your carryon!
My fave is the swimming pool and spa on the roof of Singapore Changi terminal 1. Pack your bathers - they provide a towel, lockers and showers.
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#7But Foy Allen Edelman, a cookbook author from Raleigh, N.C., had another suggestion: how about installing reclining chairs that have a compartment underneath where you can stash a small carry-on bag? This would probably triple the number of lost bags at the airport, all of which currently generate security events.
Airport chairs are designed so that you don't fall asleep, reclining chairs would defeat the purpose.
Despite the fact that (a) people often do sleep on them, mostly by taking up 3-4 adjoining seats, and (b) sleeping in airports is a common and reasonable goal.
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#8As long as the airines/airports have no incentive to improve things, nothing will be done. Real competition is needed, but I don't see where it might come from - maybe people deciding to stop traveling by plane.
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#9But Foy Allen Edelman, a cookbook author from Raleigh, N.C., had another suggestion: how about installing reclining chairs that have a compartment underneath where you can stash a small carry-on bag? This would probably triple the number of lost bags at the airport, all of which currently generate security events.
The problem is space, reclining chairs will probably take up more space and need maintenance, not to mention the cost per chair and how to justify it. Airports and Airlines want to make the process of boarding more streamlined...investing in chairs that comfort the wait due to delays are a waste to them and a problem that needs fixing prior to the delay. Sure you have the elements to deal with, bad weather etc. which we all accept. The funny side of this post is that we all forget about when we eventually board the plane and it takes 1 hour to get to the runway to take off. Then 8 hours stuck in a chair that is less friendly than the one this post is complaining about. ;-)
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#10The best airport amenity I've seen is the shower rooms at Tokyo Narita. Remember to pack some clean clothes in your carryon!
My fave is the swimming pool and spa on the roof of Singapore Changi terminal 1. Pack your bathers - they provide a towel, lockers and showers.
Yeah, Changi takes the cake as far as I'm concerned for "best airport". In the US, though, I think that award has to go to PDX- airport-wide free wifi, plenty of microbrews, and three branches of Powell's Books.