Originally Posted by
btwissel
i think the biggest problem with that is most/all the CRJs and a lot of the ERJs i see have airstairs, which makes things even harder as the bridge has to stop short, keeping the canopy clear.
While airstairs make it hard for the old jet bridges, there are a lot that I've seen that have the adjustable floor. A section of the floor rolls back and forth so that the jet bridge is placed near the airplane and then that part is extended to line up with the top step. Work really well! It's nowhere near the pitot tubes or anything that might get damaged. These are the ones that it frustrates me to see using the adapter. The adapter was made for just that, to adapt the old jet bridges to the RJ's. The new ones shouldn't use the adapter. They are designed to protect the pax from weather and such.
Like
LITTLEa905 said, I'm surprised no one (or no one that United is releasing info on) has fallen from the airstairs and sued because they don't use the jet bridge (BNA).