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Jetway Update #300004
04/19/2023 07:56 AM
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Looks like all 4 jetways have been extended.

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Re: Jetway Update [Re: Whale Tail] #300020
04/19/2023 09:15 AM
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Thanks for the updates. Will be so exciting when they are in use.


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Re: Jetway Update [Re: Whale Tail] #300055
04/19/2023 03:38 PM
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Thanks for the updates. But if all the airlines schedule their flights to arrive and leave in a two or three hour window, won't the majority of passengers still end up being schlepped out to their flights on busses? Even before the hurricane, that seemed to happen to me regularly

Re: Jetway Update [Re: timnboston] #300058
04/19/2023 03:54 PM
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tim--that happens on the weekend, yes. Then the availability of jetways depends on which airline you fly. AA and Air France almost always get jetways.


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Re: Jetway Update [Re: timnboston] #300063
04/19/2023 04:07 PM
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It was a long time way before Irma that our flights didn't have a Jetway with AA.

Re: Jetway Update [Re: SXMScubaman] #300077
04/19/2023 05:29 PM
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Say what? AA from Miami ALWAYS had a jetway, pre Irma.


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Re: Jetway Update [Re: Carol_Hill] #300088
04/19/2023 06:32 PM
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As I said it was a long time before Irma we DIDN'T always have them. As long as I can remember we always did pre Irma.

Re: Jetway Update [Re: SXMScubaman] #300093
04/19/2023 07:28 PM
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Nah, Scuba, that's not what you said to begin with. But OK


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Re: Jetway Update [Re: Carol_Hill] #300096
04/19/2023 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Carol_Hill
Nah, Scuba, that's not what you said to begin with. But OK

Just have to reread it. It's what I said.

Re: Jetway Update [Re: SXMScubaman] #300097
04/19/2023 08:38 PM
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OK, don't think so, but ok.


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Re: Jetway Update [Re: Whale Tail] #300101
04/19/2023 09:53 PM
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1983 - no jetways, long line in open air under outer belly of airport. I passed out or close to it from the heat a few times!

Re: Jetway Update [Re: Carol_Hill] #300102
04/19/2023 10:08 PM
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What ever.

Re: Jetway Update [Re: Whale Tail] #300111
04/20/2023 07:13 AM
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The old airport, we walked it in!! Use to be able to buy a cold beer and have a cigarette waiting for the luggage!! OHHHYEAH it was hot, but I didn't care, we were in ST.MARTIN!!

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Re: Jetway Update [Re: Whale Tail] #300137
04/20/2023 10:38 AM
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The newer of the ‘old airports’ was crazy. I had a child that came very close to passing out in the cramped and hot environs with each arrival. It became such a regular thing we started packing damp facecloths packed with ice cubes to put on her neck and forehead before she went down. The airco was nonexistent and the ceiling fans were totally ineffective. Oh, the price we paid for time in Paradise.


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