Dust, You Get The Heck Outta Here!

[Balthazor]

[quote name='Justin86' post='1611968' date='Jul 29 2008, 06:02 PM']I have a litany of bad experiences in O'Hare myself. Who hasn't?[/quote]

I haven't!
And I am a frequent flyer, I probably go through O'Hare at the very least four times a year and I average a little more than a flight a month.

I have to say that though I have had difficulties and lay-overs I find if you are nice to people...... they are nice to you. I mean we all want the same goal in the end you have to look at it that way.

I have to say that in Air travel I am never dissappointed no matter who I fly with.

[VeniteAdoremus]

Schiphol/Amsterdam = love. I live 15 minutes from there so I'm always the designated MeetYouAtTheGate-er for my family and extended friends I can't remember how often I've waited for people there... And apparently the direction signs there are so good that they've copied the system for JFK.

[puellapaschalis]

[quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1612470' date='Jul 30 2008, 05:12 PM']Schiphol/Amsterdam = love. I live 15 minutes from there so I'm always the designated MeetYouAtTheGate-er for my family and extended friends I can't remember how often I've waited for people there... And apparently the direction signs there are so good that they've copied the system for JFK.[/quote]

Well, JFK signs weren't in Dutch when I was there
I go through Schiphol so often I sometimes think I could disembark, get through the lounges and passport control, wait for and pick up my bags and then get on a train home without needing to be strictly conscious.

In about ten days' time I'm flying from Rotterdam. That'll be interesting. And landing in Paris. Even more so. Yikes, French!

Edited July 30, 2008 by puellapaschalis

[salterrae]

JM + JT

Atlanta is a zoo!

We were stuck there a while on our way to LA and sitting at the gate staring at the never-ending crowds of people passing... and passing... and passing... isn't very fun.

And don't get me started on Heathrow. Gatwick all the way!

[puellapaschalis]

[quote name='salterrae' post='1612522' date='Jul 30 2008, 06:05 PM']JM + JT

Atlanta is a zoo!

We were stuck there a while on our way to LA and sitting at the gate staring at the never-ending crowds of people passing... and passing... and passing... isn't very fun.

And don't get me started on Heathrow. Gatwick all the way! [/quote]

Oh pfff, Gatwick's a poor cousin Heathrow's great, at least T4 is good I've never been to T5 and T1-3 are a bit too cramped

[Justin86]

[quote name='Balthazor' post='1612466' date='Jul 30 2008, 11:05 PM']I have to say that though I have had difficulties and lay-overs I find if you are nice to people...... they are nice to you. [/quote]
Not at O'Hare. Everyone is rude.

[God Conquers]

Newark is the worst airport in the history of all life.

Stansted was one of the coolest airports... I don't know why... I just liked it. A giant box with thousands of people being ushered quickly through the one hole of security... it was like a crazy pinhole camera.

[puellapaschalis]

[quote name='God Conquers' post='1612867' date='Jul 30 2008, 08:54 PM']Newark is the worst airport in the history of all life.[/quote]

I was completely thrown into confusion by baggage pick-up being...well, public. As in it was after customs (which was done before I even got on the plane in Toronto). I mean, anyone could have walked in off the street and nicked my bags!

[quote name='God Conquers' post='1612867' date='Jul 30 2008, 08:54 PM']Stansted was one of the coolest airports... I don't know why... I just liked it. A giant box with thousands of people being ushered quickly through the one hole of security... it was like a crazy pinhole camera.[/quote]

Stanstead is like this jumpy upstart younger brother of the Big Guys
(Ok, I assign human personality traits to things like this)
But it's quite cool with all that glass.

Flying into and out of the airport near my parents' house is wonderful. You get in at Schiphol, this big, international, efficient airport (well it is Dutch after all) and step out at this cute little overgrown airstrip with avation-club aircraft on the grass next to the runway. More often than not the plane I've flown in on has propellors rather than "proper" engines...it's just cute

[dominicansoul]

My favorite all time airport has to be the John Wayne Airport in Orange County!

It's cute. Nice people, good service, and aesthetically pleasing.

[God Conquers]

[quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1612992' date='Jul 30 2008, 01:51 PM']I was completely thrown into confusion by baggage pick-up being...well, public. As in it was after customs (which was done before I even got on the plane in Toronto). I mean, anyone could have walked in off the street and nicked my bags!
Stanstead is like this jumpy upstart younger brother of the Big Guys
(Ok, I assign human personality traits to things like this)
But it's quite cool with all that glass.

Flying into and out of the airport near my parents' house is wonderful. You get in at Schiphol, this big, international, efficient airport (well it is Dutch after all) and step out at this cute little overgrown airstrip with avation-club aircraft on the grass next to the runway. More often than not the plane I've flown in on has propellors rather than "proper" engines...it's just cute [/quote]

I found that the airport in Eindhoven, when I visited Holland, was super nice. So small and quiant and you walk out onto farmer's fields.

[puellapaschalis]

[quote name='God Conquers' post='1613166' date='Jul 30 2008, 11:20 PM']I found that the airport in Eindhoven, when I visited Holland, was super nice. So small and quiant and you walk out onto farmer's fields.[/quote]

Yea, the airport near where I live is pretty quaint. Which sounds like I'm some kind of arrogant jet-setter, but it really is. The baggage belt just goes through the wall and is more like a porter service with a convenient x-ray check. And there are two - two! - passport controle boxes.

Aviaton is great.