tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post7188121530156368039..comments2024-03-23T11:25:40.556-07:00Comments on Pa Rock's Ramble: Airport IndignitiesPa Rockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747526882424245608noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post-38694027583425965002013-12-07T06:18:21.736-07:002013-12-07T06:18:21.736-07:00You are right the Passenger's Bill of Rights n...You are right the Passenger's Bill of Rights needs to include the right to eat normally priced food by whatever franchise operates the restaurant. The airport pricing structure for food is nothing more than extortion.<br /><br />I am an advocate of the upgraded single terminal plan for MCI. The original plan was an innovation in its day. This innovation has not always lent itself to the ease and convenience you experience. Ideally all three terminals are fully functional. Less than ideally takes place when you arrive at one terminal and have to take the bus to the other terminal. Of course some got on the wrong bus, some were lost wondering how to get to the other terminal. Some got real pissed off. <br /><br />With the new plan, as I understand it, you go through the screening when you go into the terminal. Then if you need something outside your gate area, you are still in the secure area. So getting to the restaurant won't be the hassle it is today. <br /><br />But the good old days of screaming up to the terminal, running in to the gate, and catching the plane nanoseconds before it taxis away, those days are gone forever. Just like running through the Dearborn Street Station in Chicago, having a conductor open a gate on a car, and grabbing on as you hoist yourself into the train. All the exciting stuff I did as a kid are memories. <br /><br />It is currently 1°F. in Kansas City.Xobekimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973381691719755451noreply@blogger.com