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Heathrow terminal to undergo tests
DevilsPGD wrote:.
This has the nice side effect of not opening up any security holes (since if you could already sneak through items anyway, why would you bother applying for a permit to sneak items through?) Applying for a permit wouldn't prove that you have been able to sneak items through, but would now give you permission to sneak the item through and not risk anything by getting caught. How would this make us safer? Are you suggesting that the average Joe be permitted to take weapons through security, or just a banned 12 oz can of Coke? (Let's forget for a second how deadly a Coke can or the ingredients can be) That reminds me of an idea a guy I know used once when he was a bit younger. People were reluctant to buy returned items because the packaging didn't look new. I fixed that problem by convincing the owner to buy a shrink wrap machine. So, even though the items were still marked as returns, people trusted them simply because they were shrink wrapped. This is the same guy, who sent a letter to his local post office, when he was 18, saying that it would be a good idea to add to the zip code, as it would make sorting easier. After all, if you put a route number in the zip code, then the mail could get quickly sorted to the right carrier. The next thing he knew, the letter had been forwarded to Washington, and nothing was ever heard from the local office again. A few years later, Washington managed to mangle that idea by Zip+4. At least the guy didn't claim to invent the Internet, but.... he was there in the early years. |
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"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ... Stephen Farrow wrote: (cut) Yes. They need people to act as, essentially, human lab rats - they want the people testing the facility to behave like everyday travellers, rather than travel industry professionals. Given the size of the building - and given things like the much-publicised teething troubles with new airport facilities in places like Denver and Bangkok - it's an approach that makes sense. Heathrow is a very cramped site. If the terminal opens and problems are discovered that present the new facility from operating at optimum efficiency, it will cause enormous problems. Makes sense to test the building now, using "fake" travellers to make the tests as "lifelike" as possible. I wonder if they are going to keep a bunch of them in cramped seats and awake all night before the tests? That's 'lifelike'. An hour on London Transport getting to LHR should be a good substitute. I often arrive off 15-20 hours trips feeling quite OK, then the last 90 minutes getting from LHR to my house finishes me off, especially if I have a heavy bags and the escalators are broken on the tube etc.. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On 28 Mar, 11:11, "RAK" wrote:
"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in om... Stephen Farrow wrote: (cut) Yes. They need people to act as, essentially, human lab rats - they want the people testing the facility to behave like everyday travellers, rather than travel industry professionals. Given the size of the building - and given things like the much-publicised teething troubles with new airport facilities in places like Denver and Bangkok - it's an approach that makes sense. Heathrow is a very cramped site. If the terminal opens and problems are discovered that present the new facility from operating at optimum efficiency, it will cause enormous problems. Makes sense to test the building now, using "fake" travellers to make the tests as "lifelike" as possible. I wonder if they are going to keep a bunch of them in cramped seats and awake all night before the tests? That's 'lifelike'. An hour on London Transport getting to LHR should be a good substitute. I often arrive off 15-20 hours trips feeling quite OK, then the last 90 minutes getting from LHR to my house finishes me off, especially if I have a heavy bags and the escalators are broken on the tube etc.. Thank your self lucky you are not hiring a car with 1 person in the queue. The real question is not how aesthetically pleasing the new terminal is but how much time will it really save passengers..? -- Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Stephen Farrow wrote: Frank F. Matthews wrote: Stephen Farrow wrote: Mike Hunt wrote: Rubba Luva wrote: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/27032007/34...rgo-tests.html Heathrow terminal to undergo tests The Press Association Tuesday March 27, 08:01 AM Thousands of people will act as passengers to test out a new £4.3 billion terminal which will open at the UK's biggest airport in exactly one year's time. Around 16,000 volunteers will be used to check facilities at Heathrow's Terminal 5 (T5) which will undergo six months of proving trials before its March 27 2008 opening. They spent 4.3 BILLION POUNDS on the terminal and want non-professional volunteers to check it out? Yes. They need people to act as, essentially, human lab rats - they want the people testing the facility to behave like everyday travellers, rather than travel industry professionals. Given the size of the building - and given things like the much-publicised teething troubles with new airport facilities in places like Denver and Bangkok - it's an approach that makes sense. Heathrow is a very cramped site. If the terminal opens and problems are discovered that present the new facility from operating at optimum efficiency, it will cause enormous problems. Makes sense to test the building now, using "fake" travellers to make the tests as "lifelike" as possible. I wonder if they are going to keep a bunch of them in cramped seats and awake all night before the tests? That's 'lifelike'. Method acting has its place, but there are circumstances in which it can be taken a little too far. I don't know. The only way to test the efficacy of the signage might be as I suggest. I suspect that the drugs necessary to get the effect would be illegal. |
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On Mar 29, 12:02 am, wrote:
On 28 Mar, 11:11, "RAK" wrote: "Frank F. Matthews" wrote in om... Stephen Farrow wrote: (cut) Yes. They need people to act as, essentially, human lab rats - they want the people testing the facility to behave like everyday travellers, rather than travel industry professionals. Given the size of the building - and given things like the much-publicised teething troubles with new airport facilities in places like Denver and Bangkok - it's an approach that makes sense. Heathrow is a very cramped site. If the terminal opens and problems are discovered that present the new facility from operating at optimum efficiency, it will cause enormous problems. Makes sense to test the building now, using "fake" travellers to make the tests as "lifelike" as possible. I wonder if they are going to keep a bunch of them in cramped seats and awake all night before the tests? That's 'lifelike'. An hour on London Transport getting to LHR should be a good substitute. I often arrive off 15-20 hours trips feeling quite OK, then the last 90 minutes getting from LHR to my house finishes me off, especially if I have a heavy bags and the escalators are broken on the tube etc.. Thank your self lucky you are not hiring a car with 1 person in the queue. The real question is not how aesthetically pleasing the new terminal is but how much time will it really save passengers..? -- Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com-Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Terms 1,2,3 are ****e and the once new Term 4 is now jaded, so Term 5 will at least be better for the cattle. But if you want to see a decent airport come to Brussels. |
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On 29 Mar, 08:03, "ocelot" wrote:
On Mar 29, 12:02 am, wrote: On 28 Mar, 11:11, "RAK" wrote: "Frank F. Matthews" wrote in om... Stephen Farrow wrote: (cut) Yes. They need people to act as, essentially, human lab rats - they want the people testing the facility to behave like everyday travellers, rather than travel industry professionals. Given the size of the building - and given things like the much-publicised teething troubles with new airport facilities in places like Denver and Bangkok - it's an approach that makes sense. Heathrow is a very cramped site. If the terminal opens and problems are discovered that present the new facility from operating at optimum efficiency, it will cause enormous problems. Makes sense to test the building now, using "fake" travellers to make the tests as "lifelike" as possible. I wonder if they are going to keep a bunch of them in cramped seats and awake all night before the tests? That's 'lifelike'. An hour on London Transport getting to LHR should be a good substitute. I often arrive off 15-20 hours trips feeling quite OK, then the last 90 minutes getting from LHR to my house finishes me off, especially if I have a heavy bags and the escalators are broken on the tube etc.. Thank your self lucky you are not hiring a car with 1 person in the queue. The real question is not how aesthetically pleasing the new terminal is but how much time will it really save passengers..? -- Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com-Hidequoted text - - Show quoted text - Terms 1,2,3 are ****e and the once new Term 4 is now jaded, so Term 5 will at least be better for the cattle. But if you want to see a decent airport come to Brussels. Been there. Somehow I have forgotten it. Berlin Tegel is drab, but the distances are much shorter. Basically like a bus station. Newark is a boot camp, 'Guantanamo Bay Lite'. All the hubs are much of a muchness, prone to turn into hell-holes in case of bad weather. - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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