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PatrickZ80 wrote:Alltogether I think the jetbridge of the future will be better, but there'll be less of them. Only the legacy airlines, who put a high service level over cost savings, will still use them. Airlines that prefer to save money will opt for airstairs.
global2 wrote:I love the all glass jetbridges you find in overseas airports. You get such great views of the airport and of the airplane you are about to board. However, not in the U.S. I once read on this forum somewhere that supposedly there is some safety regulation in the U.S. that prohibits them. Really??? Why is there no safety issue in Europe and Asia?
global2 wrote:I love the all glass jetbridges you find in overseas airports. You get such great views of the airport and of the airplane you are about to board. However, not in the U.S. I once read on this forum somewhere that supposedly there is some safety regulation in the U.S. that prohibits them. Really??? Why is there no safety issue in Europe and Asia?
itchief wrote:global2 wrote:I love the all glass jetbridges you find in overseas airports. You get such great views of the airport and of the airplane you are about to board. However, not in the U.S. I once read on this forum somewhere that supposedly there is some safety regulation in the U.S. that prohibits them. Really??? Why is there no safety issue in Europe and Asia?
AMA has all glass jet bridges, no need to look overseas.
COSPN wrote:Fire regulations did not allow for glass bridges in the USA ... also ADA regulations Requre a way to board wheel chair pax. So USA Has a few rules they don’t ha e to worry about in other places
COSPN wrote:Fire regulations did not allow for glass bridges in the USA ... also ADA regulations Requre a way to board wheel chair pax. So USA Has a few rules they don’t ha e to worry about in other places
Max Q wrote:Fascinating to see the older bridges connected to the front and rear doors with the aircraft parked around a circular terminal
Seems like a good idea to use both doors and speed up the process but so inefficient in the use of parking space
And it seems very difficult for an aircraft to maneuver into a gate when the next one is occupied
LovePrunesAnet wrote:It's a liability and safety issue to have hundreds of passengers per gate per day walking on the pavement around the gate area, let alone wheelchair and mobility issues. There are too many service vehicles driving around for that endanger all parties. Combined with a litigious society, this is a huge reason if not THE MAIN reason they are used. Certainly architecturally with hold rooms upstairs, it is inefficient to have passengers walk down stairs, across the ramp, then back up stairs.
There will certainly NOT "be less of them." Sorry, this is just completely WRONG
COSPN wrote:also ADA regulations Requre a way to board wheel chair pax.
GBNWB wrote:I have been on many Ryanair flights and the only place I can remember them using a jet bridge was in Gran Canaria. Are there many other places they use one?
LovePrunesAnet wrote:PatrickZ80 wrote:Alltogether I think the jetbridge of the future will be better, but there'll be less of them. Only the legacy airlines, who put a high service level over cost savings, will still use them. Airlines that prefer to save money will opt for airstairs.
decision to use jet bridges have nothing to do with "service levels". It's a safety issue. It's a liability and safety issue to have hundreds of passengers per gate per day walking on the pavement around the gate area, let alone wheelchair and mobility issues. There are too many service vehicles driving around for that endanger all parties. Combined with a litigious society, this is a huge reason if not THE MAIN reason they are used. Certainly architecturally with hold rooms upstairs, it is inefficient to have passengers walk down stairs, across the ramp, then back up stairs.
There will certainly NOT "be less of them." Sorry, this is just completely WRONG
global2 wrote:I love the all glass jetbridges you find in overseas airports. You get such great views of the airport and of the airplane you are about to board. However, not in the U.S. I once read on this forum somewhere that supposedly there is some safety regulation in the U.S. that prohibits them. Really??? Why is there no safety issue in Europe and Asia?
COSPN wrote:Fire regulations did not allow for glass bridges in the USA ... also ADA regulations Requre a way to board wheel chair pax. So USA Has a few rules they don’t ha e to worry about in other places