re: NOLA: "New airport 'like a Mercedes with flat tires'"

I assumed getting there to the property was going to be an issue. It does not seem to be and that will improve more if they ever build the interstate ramps.

But predicting ineptitude by anything managed by the City of NO is as safe a bet as betting that the sun will rise.

It seems the thing Mitch sold up on the most are the biggest failings.

TSA, which may be fixable if they fire all the personnel, is less efficient at peak times. Mitch bragged they expected this airport to keep growing yet it is not prepared for current peaks. And we have not gotten to the busiest times of the year.

It was supposed to be the future. Well, the future is ride sharing and whatever idiot cousin did the planning should be outed as the inner roadway design is a nightmare. YOu do not have to be a civil engineer to see the flaws. These flaws are hard to correct now that the airport is built. I almost wonder if the taxi companies paid someone to screw up Uber/Lyft.

The baggage problems allegedly can be fixed but how long and how much? We have seen recently that folks in this city cannot stay awake for a shift to keep our city from flooding or build a street that connects with driveways or bill people the correct amount for water so I would not count on whatever clowns this city hires to quickly fix the baggage issue. Of particular interest is the water billing issue which was software related like the baggage. That started years ago and they keep paying the same contractor more money and cannot fix it.

Back to expansion. Mitch spoke of future needs and I cannot see the room to expand this airport past its current gate number. And some of those gates are close enough where you cannot park planes in neighboring gates which kind of makes them worthless.

A lot of the problems seem to be the folks they have hired to work. This city hiring practices look like Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman having anal sex in a burning building. They have zero quality control nor do they care.

A Southwest pilot comfirms there are as many issued on their end. And the issues seem less "new airport" issues than incompetent people issues.