Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
Agreed, but that stuff costs money. They want gates and they want them now. Those gates broke ground less than a year ago and it looks mostly finished. Imagine how long a tunnel would have taken. They don't care about things like ramp congestion or airspace constraints. They will put that burden on others to figure out. I certainly hope we aren't moving out to that trailer park, but I could see the ULCC gang happily packing up and moving out there if the price is right.
Ground controller also said that satellite terminal is TEMPORARY. They’re gonna tear it down in a few years once they get the expansion finished elsewhere. Thankfully we won’t be parking there.