Comments on: Inside JetBlue Terminal 5 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2008/11/13598/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:11:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Terri http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2008/11/13598/comment-page-1/#comment-694955 Terri Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:17:10 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/?p=13598#comment-694955 Um, not to disparage your detailed review, but my experience at the new terminal showed what is, to me, a glaring flaw in this new design. Those 20 security gates? They are bisected by a (presumably bomb and bullet-proof) plexiglass barrier. When I was there, November 1 at 7:30 AM, all passengers were herded up to the gates, and yelled at to place our carry-ons on the moving belt. Problem was that there was a big back up at the x-ray machines so our belongings immediately became inaccessible on the other side - many many feet away. I'm really bad at estimating distance, but this was waaay farther than a typical security conveyor belt. You could not see what was happening at the other end, other than a flurry of presumed travelers and TSA folks. All of us in line kept asking when we'd be able to go forward to claim our items. We just kept getting yelled at to keep feeding things onto the belt., although by this time it was clear that the people couldn't move through as quickly as the baggage so people began refusing to place items on the belt until they saw the person in front of them had been completely cleared which would allow the next person to walk through the metal detectors and quickly claim their belongings before they were possibly taken by anyone else. So, in my judgment, this sparkly new terminal is much less than ideal. Um, not to disparage your detailed review, but my experience at the new terminal showed what is, to me, a glaring flaw in this new design. Those 20 security gates? They are bisected by a (presumably bomb and bullet-proof) plexiglass barrier. When I was there, November 1 at 7:30 AM, all passengers were herded up to the gates, and yelled at to place our carry-ons on the moving belt. Problem was that there was a big back up at the x-ray machines so our belongings immediately became inaccessible on the other side – many many feet away. I’m really bad at estimating distance, but this was waaay farther than a typical security conveyor belt. You could not see what was happening at the other end, other than a flurry of presumed travelers and TSA folks. All of us in line kept asking when we’d be able to go forward to claim our items. We just kept getting yelled at to keep feeding things onto the belt., although by this time it was clear that the people couldn’t move through as quickly as the baggage so people began refusing to place items on the belt until they saw the person in front of them had been completely cleared which would allow the next person to walk through the metal detectors and quickly claim their belongings before they were possibly taken by anyone else. So, in my judgment, this sparkly new terminal is much less than ideal.

]]> By: Roger http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2008/11/13598/comment-page-1/#comment-693455 Roger Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:36:41 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/?p=13598#comment-693455 Thanks for the review, Dan (and all of the other zillion posts this week). I don't fly all that often, but always try to use JetBlue when I do (and have an Amex card that gets me free flights there, which is extra fun), and have been wondering when this terminal would open. Last time I traveled, it almost was, and I was delighted to find a sushi restaurant right there, sort of a ridiculous step up from the McDonald's and Craperia that normally are there after you've gone through the security hoopla. For any of your non-NYC readers, I assure you that this is a BIG deal, since it's really hard to predict how long it will take to get to any NYC-area airport. If you don't want to be in a panic--or even possibly miss a flight because of a long delay whilst "security" checks you--you end up arriving with a lot of time to waste prior to your flight. So, to be able to connect and manage eating something without a "Mc-" in front of it makes the whole trip almost seem civilized. Thanks for the review, Dan (and all of the other zillion posts this week). I don’t fly all that often, but always try to use JetBlue when I do (and have an Amex card that gets me free flights there, which is extra fun), and have been wondering when this terminal would open. Last time I traveled, it almost was, and I was delighted to find a sushi restaurant right there, sort of a ridiculous step up from the McDonald’s and Craperia that normally are there after you’ve gone through the security hoopla.

For any of your non-NYC readers, I assure you that this is a BIG deal, since it’s really hard to predict how long it will take to get to any NYC-area airport. If you don’t want to be in a panic–or even possibly miss a flight because of a long delay whilst “security” checks you–you end up arriving with a lot of time to waste prior to your flight. So, to be able to connect and manage eating something without a “Mc-” in front of it makes the whole trip almost seem civilized.

]]> By: Dan http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2008/11/13598/comment-page-1/#comment-688948 Dan Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:10:49 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/?p=13598#comment-688948 JFK JFK

]]> By: steve http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2008/11/13598/comment-page-1/#comment-688905 steve Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:14:57 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/?p=13598#comment-688905 Which NYC area airport is this Dan? Which NYC area airport is this Dan?

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