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

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I think people are forgetting what a shitshow the old MSY could be at times.

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Let's remind people.

1) Many times, there was NO parking available on site.

2) Traffic backups from the terminal would often reach the corner of the access road / airline hwy

3) Ticket counter lines would reach outside the entry doors

4) TSA checkpoint lines at Concourse B would back up into the ticketing lobby

Of course, all of these were at peak times - same as the current problems are at peak times - and would result in people missing flights

5) An entire concourse at 5 am would have NOTHING open - no stores, no restaurants, etc