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It's surprising that the article doesn't mention the absolutely over-the-top security procedures in American airports. I've been to Changi and Incheon, securit
by Al-Khwarizmi 14y ago
It's surprising that the article doesn't mention the absolutely over-the-top security procedures in American airports.
I've been to Changi and Incheon, security was fast and smooth, and then you had waiting spaces with comfortable armchairs, nice exhibitions and beautiful gardens. In US airports the security process is slow, they confiscate your snow globes for no apparent reason, and the PA system constantly reminds you that you have to be watchful because the alert level is orange (or it was like that a few years ago, at least). And the article seems to think that what they need to make us feel better is to invest some money on having better shops...
- doctornemo 14y agoAgreed. American airports generally do a bad job is many areas. The number and access to electrical outlets can be awful. WiFi is usually nonexistent or for-fee and lame. And food is often just sad.
- a3n 14y agoI think the difference is that outside the US the interested parties have decided to make airports a good, efficient experience. In the US, anything controlled by the government is low budget by choice and design, and anything above the minimum is left to the supposedly superior "private sector." But apparently there's no money in "good airport experience" for the private sector and we're all left to suck air.