Comments on: Terminal Racket. The Scourge of Airport Noise

By: Penny

Penny — Sat, 18 May 2024 11:54:35 +0000

I fly regularly to and from Schiphol. I recently noticed that what used to be the monotonous announcements: “Passenger … to …, immediate boarding. You are delaying the flight. Your baggage WILL be offloaded.” seems to have mercifully disappeared. Hopefully they have found a quieter way of dealing with no-shows.

By: Dave in Vegas

Dave in Vegas — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 20:56:34 +0000

Gee Peter, your premise on preferring a self-centered, incompetent, narcisist felon is not on point to the subject of airport noise.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 06:41:32 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more, Patrick. But sadly, while there is such a huge % of the population so stupid that they will support a 77yo senile man to become President, US airports are stuck with this blather. Thankfully, as you and others have identified, it’s not so common internationally.

However, announcements from the cockpit can’t escape attention. Seriously, can some of your fellow pilots please Just. Shut. Up!! The crew in the cabin welcome us aboard so you guys/gals don’t need to do it. Tell us the flight time, the weather and thank us for flying with you. Then shush!

By: Maddogg

Maddogg — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 03:46:22 +0000

As per Carlin:

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

By: David B.

David B. — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 02:54:31 +0000

Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at SFO. Huge, beautiful, and QUIET! Deplaned and couldn’t figure out what was wrong…until I realized I could hear myself think. If you are more than 20 feet or so from your gate area, you can’t hear the announcements. Amazing…

By: Richard P. and Karen S. Greenwood

Richard P. and Karen S. Greenwood — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 21:14:22 +0000

Learned what Tautology is; I think? however, I agree and DRIVE to ALL my destinations under 12,501 miles.

By: James M

James M — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 12:16:55 +0000

Partrick,

Hello!

I love your posts but have one complaint: your page is not expandable on my iPhone. I also noticed that using the scroll wheel to adjust the page size doesn’t work on my computer. It should be a simple HTML or programming hack to remedy this, which would make your posts much easier to read on mobile devices!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:07:06 +0000

In reply to Donald Schoengold.

I wrote about TV-B-Gone years ago when the product was new. The company even sent me one to try. It worked, for the most part. Trouble was, the CNN people caught on and actually installed blocking devices in the sets that kept TV-B-GONE from working.

The good news is this: https://askthepilot.com/shorttakes/cnn-airport-news/

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:52:26 +0000

In reply to Paul S.

Actually, CNN Airport News is gone. Here was an earlier post: https://askthepilot.com/shorttakes/cnn-airport-news/

By: Greg S.

Greg S. — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 17:23:50 +0000

Grr. Sea-Tac didn’t have announcements, and I realized that it felt a lot calmer. Now, unfortunately, I’m in DFW, and the mayor is telling me about the wonderful things that I can do in Ft. Worth. I heard the same thing outward bound, and I’m just in the airport to change flights.

Alas, Denver, my logical alternative for a lot of flights, isn’t any better.

But there is progress. Seattle used to have announcements, too. Maybe things are changing for the better!