Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
At one time airport subways and elevators all use to have operators and now they don't. Some transportation systems have a half asleep minimum wage person up front to give the appearance of on-board control for the passengers benefit. Pilots have been slowly loosing control since aviation began. Ground control is the next logical step, but not quite yet.
Skyhigh
In Minneapolis, when they put in a tram, they used the cheapest company they could find. The company made indoor trams, and wanted to try making one for outside. They built one parallel to the terminal and it was supposed to stop at the 90 degree bend in the terminal. The first time they ram the tram, it ran thru the wall, no slowing down whatsoever. It took several months to get it to work as designed, and it still has problems (although infrequently now).