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

I dropped a friend off yesterday afternoon nearly two hours early. She texted me 10 mins later and said: 'I'm through security and at my gate. I guess we didn't need to come this early after all."

The only thing that stood out to me -- other than the lack of a direct access road -- was that the Departure drop off area seems small and crowded. Cars were stacked two deep letting people out and there seems to be no room for expansion. I was pretty shocked by how choked down everything seemed there.