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flyguy81 04-29-2023 11:15 AM
Originally Posted by e6bpilot (Post 3630347)
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.

docav8tor 04-29-2023 12:51 PM
Originally Posted by Tessie (Post 3630388)
On the Radar from 4.27
Thank you.

CA1900 04-29-2023 01:26 PM
Originally Posted by flyguy81 (Post 3630414)
Ground controller also said that satellite terminal is TEMPORARY.
Color me skeptical. They said the same thing about the underground train they (finally) built at Washington Dulles. They built a train stop where there isn't a terminal yet, then dug a walking tunnel next to it to walk back to where the current terminal actually is. "Don't worry," they said. It was just temporary until they built the new mid-field terminal above the train station.

That was more than 13 years ago.

Grumpyaviator 04-29-2023 04:05 PM
Originally Posted by flyguy81 (Post 3630414)
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.
I’ve also heard it’s temporary from station personnel, until the further expansion is complete.

ZapBrannigan 04-29-2023 05:07 PM
Comair ran busses in CVG for years and I don’t remember ever seeing a conflict with taxiing aircraft. Guess we’ll have to see how Nashville handles it. But yes, they desperately need ramp control.

mulcher 04-29-2023 05:30 PM
Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan (Post 3630519)
Comair ran busses in CVG for years and I don’t remember ever seeing a conflict with taxiing aircraft. Guess we’ll have to see how Nashville handles it. But yes, they desperately need ramp control.
IAD had/has the Tundra people movers.

hoover 04-29-2023 10:02 PM
Originally Posted by e6bpilot (Post 3630347)
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.
its for frontier and spirit if they fly there

Cyio 04-30-2023 03:36 AM
Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan (Post 3630519)
Comair ran busses in CVG for years and I don’t remember ever seeing a conflict with taxiing aircraft. Guess we’ll have to see how Nashville handles it. But yes, they desperately need ramp control.
ORD enters the chat. Between shuttling people for years to international terminal via ramp and employees from their parking lot, it seems there are always 30 buses running around everywhere on the ramp.

at6d 04-30-2023 08:51 AM
Originally Posted by Cyio (Post 3630636)
ORD enters the chat. Between shuttling people for years to international terminal via ramp and employees from their parking lot, it seems there are always 30 buses running around everywhere on the ramp.
DFW had the remote “double wide” for Eagle out of the A terminal.

CA1900 04-30-2023 09:40 AM
Originally Posted by at6d (Post 3630765)
DFW had the remote “double wide” for Eagle out of the A terminal.
I still have flashbacks to the USAir commuter trailer park in PHL back in the day. Every time I had to go into the trailer, I wondered if that'd be the day I got shanked.


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