Gate tourism

[Wardogg]

I get it. Gone are the days of standing in the window and watching your loved ones pushing off the gate and waving as they taxi out. And as a kid that loved airplanes it was such a wonderful experience to get to go to the airport and do such a thing.

But today? I’m not sure this is a great idea. Strictly from a, the airport and gate areas are already congested enough standpoint. And now we’re going to have families staying around waiting for their people to leave? Not to mention parking and traffic problems getting in and out of the airport.

I just don’t see how this is a good thing. And I doing mean from a security theater standpoint.

Want to walk your loved ones right up to the airport gate? You can at these California airports

Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport is the latest airport to welcome the general public into the concourse areas.

www.latimes.com

 

[azmedic]

Gotta drive up sales of those $8 sodas and $21 turkey sandwiches. I blame the Hudson News lobbyists for this change. But as already mentioned - the gatehouses are already overcrowded as it is,so let’s add more people to the mix.

 

[ppragman]

I get it. Gone are the days of standing in the window and watching your loved ones pushing off the gate and waving as they taxi out. And as a kid that loved airplanes it was such a wonderful experience to get to go to the airport and do such a thing.

But today? I’m not sure this is a great idea. Strictly from a, the airport and gate areas are already congested enough standpoint. And now we’re going to have families staying around waiting for their people to leave? Not to mention parking and traffic problems getting in and out of the airport.

I just don’t see how this is a good thing. And I doing mean from a security theater standpoint.

Want to walk your loved ones right up to the airport gate? You can at these California airports

Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport is the latest airport to welcome the general public into the concourse areas.

www.latimes.com

I think I said in another thread, "either the security is good enough or it is not" - I suspect that this will prove that it is not? But, also, I would welcome the return of this.

What will happen though is it's going to be annoying when people are sobbing as grandma gets on the plane.