Friday, August 11, 2006

New Airports

New airports will probably also have to offer restaurants and duty free-like shops near baggage claim/arrivals since there may be some items packed or inaccessible that you need quickly upon landing. According to TV reports I saw, those duty free shops have about 60% of their revenue tied up in liquids/gels.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Aside from the smegheads who have to bring their 2 gallon cup of Starbucks onto the plane with them, I don't see the lack of liquids as a major obstacle to flight.

My theory about new airports is that they will have long corridors between the "secure" and "unsecure" sections (probably at the entrance instead of between check-in and the gates). At the start of the corridor, passengers will place all their baggage on a conveyor belt, where every item will be searched using multiple scanners as well as by hand. It will resemble the way they make sandwiches at Subway. One guy will examine all the liquids. Another guy takes apart any/all electronic devices. Someone else wrinkles your shirts. You see it all happen through the sneeze guard. At the end of the corridor, about 20 minutes after you dropped off your baggage at one end, you can pick it up at the other end and proceed to your gate.

And even that won't stop someone who really wants to set off a bomb. All it will do is force passengers to arrivee an extra hour earlier to the airport before they are blown up in mid air.

James said...

You're talking about carry-ons? Otherwise, I'm not sure you'd get them back at the other end.

I think ultimately they'll attempt to protect the entire airport.

And I think that stewards on board the plane will carry around cigarette cases selling toothpaste and hairgel.

People at work are suggesting it's no big deal. Personally, I liked brushing my teeth and fixing my hair shortly before touchdown.