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george77300 wrote:Yes it is always and has been the case. Started out the left so captain (left seat) could park and see next to terminal and since then manufacturers have put all service on the right to separate. Most cargo doors and baggage handling, catering and galley trucks, refuelling and external power, toilet waste etc. All these on the right now. Also allows for right engine running in case necessary without interfering with passenger boarding.
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steveinbc wrote:I was just thinking as I waited to board my flight if all aircraft board via the left hand side jetway and stairs? Thinking back I can't think of any other door I've used aside from (showing my age here) the DC9s and BAC 1-11s used to have a tail stair which I've used many moons ago. Even non jetways seem to always use the left doors.
SimProgrammer wrote:It usually the same with ships, Boarding on the left (port) side.
DocLightning wrote:The left side isn't inherently better than the right, of course. But it's one of those things, kind of like driving on a given side of the road, that might have started for either good or trivial reasons, but once established it's almost impossible to reverse it. And why would you want to? The right side isn't any better than the left.
SimProgrammer wrote:It usually the same with ships, Boarding on the left (port) side.
Yflyer wrote:SimProgrammer wrote:It usually the same with ships, Boarding on the left (port) side.
I've always heard that that's exactly the reason it's called the "port" side.
SimProgrammer wrote:It usually the same with ships, Boarding on the left (port) side.
SmithAir747 wrote:There was at least one gate on Flight Wing One (the guitar-shaped concourse) at the JFK TWA Flight Center where the jetway connected with the right side of a 747 (R1); there may have been other gates like that at that terminal.
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FlyRow wrote:Use the seach function on this site..
Seabear wrote:Same reason you mount a horse from the left side?
Vasu wrote:Seabear wrote:Same reason you mount a horse from the left side?
And why do people do that?