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  • M Mik
    13 Nov 2023, 16:51

    MIA. Worst airport ever.

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    Jolly
    wrote on 13 Nov 2023, 17:50 last edited by
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    @Mik said in IAD:

    MIA. Worst airport ever.

    Helps if you're very fluent in Spanish.

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      LuFins Dad
      wrote on 13 Nov 2023, 18:21 last edited by
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      How long are you in town? I’m in Richmond Wednesday-Friday, but will be spending time in Pentagon City over the weekend and into Thanksgiving…

      The Brad

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 13 Nov 2023, 19:01 last edited by
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        Literally less than 24 hours.

        At my sisters. Drove by your art center.

        Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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        • A Aqua Letifer
          13 Nov 2023, 17:06

          What do you hate about it, jon?

          I'm no fan either but then again I just hate airports.

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 13 Nov 2023, 19:06 last edited by
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          @Aqua-Letifer said in IAD:

          What do you hate about it, jon?

          I'm no fan either but then again I just hate airports.

          It’s old and crowded and you have to walk long distances and take a little train.

          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 01:13 last edited by
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            I’m not the only one who has noticed.

            https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/12/19/dulles-airport-future/

            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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              89th
              wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 05:43 last edited by
              #12

              Paywall. But let's be honest. Major international airport. Has real-estate. Is surrounded by a booming suburban landscape, including a tech corridor that traffics like 90% of worldwide interwebs pr0n TNCR content. Only going to become more in-demand as populations increase and politics remain the same.

              So yes... IAD needs improvements. The metro connection was the big one. But within the airport itself, it needs some major upgrades.

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                LuFins Dad
                wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 05:53 last edited by
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                I can honestly say that the quality of the airport has never once entered into my calculations for any of the cities that I have flown into. Convenience, cost, and available flight times…

                The Brad

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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 12:52 last edited by
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                  It may not affect your choices but it can affect your mood.

                  Keep in mind I lived with the old LGA for years so I have PTSD of sorts.

                  Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 13:02 last edited by
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                    JFK's no picnic either.

                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                    • M Mik
                      13 Nov 2023, 16:51

                      MIA. Worst airport ever.

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                      kluurs
                      wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 13:14 last edited by
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                      @Mik said in IAD:

                      MIA. Worst airport ever.

                      Agree. When visiting, I’d fantasized it being improved by a squadron of B52s carpet bombing the place. It calmed me down when using the airport. People asked me why i was smiling.

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                        taiwan_girl
                        wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 15:48 last edited by taiwan_girl
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                        My favorite India airport - Tiiruchirappalli LOL

                        (But they do have some cool temples there)

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                          Copper
                          wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 17:42 last edited by Copper
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                          The Newark airport People Express terminal in the late 70s, early 80s was a nightmare.

                          The ceiling was maybe 9 feet high. People Express used to run a 747 on short haul flights to Boston and DC. That terminal was not built to handle airplanes that had over 300 passengers. At Christmas and Thanksgivings it was particularly bad, hot, stuffy, very crowded.

                          But it was cheap.

                          That terminal and People Express airlines did last very long. The new terminal came in, I think, the early 80s.

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 17:43 last edited by
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                            I forgot about People’s Express. They weren’t around for long.

                            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                              LuFins Dad
                              wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 22:44 last edited by
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                              By the way, MIA is a dream compared to IAD.

                              The Brad

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 23:12 last edited by
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                                Indeed. It’s big and you do some walking and all but it doesn’t bring you back to 1975.

                                Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                                  24 Jan 2025, 22:44

                                  By the way, MIA is a dream compared to IAD.

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                                  Copper
                                  wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 23:25 last edited by
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                                  @LuFins-Dad said in IAD:

                                  MIA is a dream

                                  If you can speak Spanish.

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                                  • M Mik
                                    20 Dec 2023, 13:02

                                    JFK's no picnic either.

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                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 23:52 last edited by
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                                    @Mik said in IAD:

                                    JFK's no picnic either.

                                    I once spent the first night of my British family vacation sleeping on the floor in JFK. And it wasn't the floor once you get through security, it was the floor of the public bit prior to that, filled with 'interesting' people. To make things even better, I had to spend the entire next day there waiting for my 9pm flight, unwashed and unloved. By the time I got to Paris, I was so jetlagged and exhausted that I inadvertently cleaned my teeth with the handsoap in the bathroom. I actually thought there were toothpaste machines in the men's room. I'm still not sure why.

                                    I was only joking

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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 00:23 last edited by
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                                      You kiss yo momma with that filthy mouth?

                                      Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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