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I fly regularly between these two countries, and am always struck by the fact that in relatively low income Poland buses are always provided (even if the plane is only 100 meters from the terminal) and in Britain you often have to walk. The reason given in Poland is safety. Have there ever been walking to the terminal accidents, or is the UK playing with passengers lives?

2006-10-25 11:27:19 · 2 answers · asked by Philp Swallow 2 in Travel Air Travel

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A lot of it depends on the airport infrastructure. It really is safer not to walk around between plane and terminal. There is a lot of traffic from refueling trucks, baggage trucks, etc and it would be pretty easy to have a collision if the passenger and the truck driver weren't paying close attention. But sometimes there is not enough room for the busses, trucks, and planes to all be in the same place. Even if it looks like there is enough space, there might not be--- planes need a lot of room for turning and pushback, especially at low speed, and the jetway/parking areas may not be far enough apart to have two planes moving at the same time AND a bus there too. At Long Beach, CA airport, you walk off the plane onto the tarmac and into the terminal-- no busses--- but there are very specific paths you must take and ground crew assigned to keep you from walking off the path.

There are other hazards besides getting run into by a refueling truck. Fuel spills can be slippery; jet fuel fumes are pretty hazardous to some folks; debris, stuff from dropped luggage, etc can all be things you can trip on. Kids can get over-excited and run off from their parents. Most of the accidents would probably be the minor-injury type. But it really is safer when possible to keep all the passengers in a bus that the ground crew can have control over. It just isn't physically possible to do so at every airport.

2006-10-26 04:57:59 · answer #1 · answered by dcgirl 7 · 0 0

blame it on gremlins

2006-10-25 11:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by crambavet 3 · 0 0

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