A whole rethink of passenger flight.
Inspired by some other threads, I think it's time to talk about a complete rethink of the way we process passengers and design airports.
First thing that pops to mind is - why on earth don't we check in our luggage, do security and passports at our gate? This would save everyone time and need fewer people to administer, as well. Not only that, you'd need less infrastructure and fewer baggage handlers, as the stuff is only going to the aircraft that's 30ft away. And, all of a sudden, we could now have nice open airports where we could hang with our non-traveling families/friends, have tearfelt goodbyes until it's time to board. You'd avoid the division between the "sucky, bad, crap airport shops/restaurant before the security check that no one wants to use because they want to get security over and done with" and the (sometimes, not always) nicer "not so sucky bad shops/restaurants after the security checks" - why have two separate infrastructures selling the same old crap on both side of some mad security line when a single one could do it?
Any other ideas?
Last edited by AdamFrisch; 31st Jul 2012 at 06:24.