re: MSY New terminal is a design failure and we should open one concourse at the old terminal

People want the new airport to be a disaster sooooo badly. There are 3 threads every week where people make up bullshite problems even though all reports of the new airport have been great. I B Freeman has been complaining since before it even fricking opened. It’s like the new airport fricked his GF or something.

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A half hour on terminal roads and buses is ok with you???

At that old terminal I could park at US Park and be standing at the gate in 15 minutes easily.

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I will be flying next month and parking at US Park as always. What is different about his, other than a little distance?

Everything I read here says new terminal is good to great.

Now it does seem the new 10 exchange is unnecessary.

The baggage issues are real tho

I landed at 7:35 this morning and was in an Uber with checked bags at 8:15. It was absolutely smooth as silk. Maybe you just suck as a traveler.

A few minutes ago, traffic to the arrival gate was gridlocked and backed up almost to the cell phone (traffic holding) lot.

And don’t tell me it’s a big travel weekend. It’s a billion dollar airport in a town that survives off of tourism. Heavy travel days should have been a part of the design criteria.

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Welcome to Love Field or ATL every damn weekend

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Except that they haven’t just spent a billion dollars to become “state-of-the-art”.

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I've been through it 4 times total and it never took me longer than 30 min from exiting I-10 to being at my gate.


Eta: that's getting and returning a rental car

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That's a damn lie. Thst bus ride to/from the rental facility is no less than 20 minutes.

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So what’s your background and/or experience in airport design?

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Simply relaying my experiences with the new terminal roads.

Are you saying that you think the design of the roads is good and "world class"?

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You’re seriously complaining about a bus ride to the rental car facility????

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I don't rent car at MSY but we didn't have to use buses to get the tourist and business people that come here to the rental car facility before.

Are you seriously saying buses are better than walking a short distance to the rental car facility?

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You don’t travel much at all

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You don't know s***. I travel out of MSY at least 25 times a year and I drop family off there a couple of times a week.

I was against the new terminal as we local flyers had a very good service at the old one BUT that is not why I am complaining now (and offering a good suggestion for improvement). I am complaining now because that traffic on the terminal roads around that a traffic circle and to the arrivals area is horrible and VERY poorly designed.

How many times have you made that drive since the new terminal opened? How many times have you been there and the traffic circle was being throttled by police?

At least four for me. I have dropped people off or flew out the terminal at least a dozen times since it opened. There is nothing about the new terminal that is any better than the old one but that is not where the new terminal fails (my plane was delayed leaving on one flight because the luggage belts were not working and they weren't getting the plane loaded). The new terminal fails in handling traffic.