Forget the air bridges - cover the car park
Did Pat ever consider that passengers might also support that decision? I have been using Cork airport twice a week for the last 12 years.
The beauty of the airport is that a passenger can be off the plane and in his car in a matter of minutes rather than waiting for an air bridge and then traipsing along miles of corridors to get out.
In Cork, the planes I travel on load and disembark from the front and rear doors, which would not happen with an air bridge.
I encounter rain once or twice a year, and I make the quick walk to or from the aircraft. It doesn’t make any difference. I’ll still get rained on coming from and going to the car park, and that takes a lot longer than a brief stroll across the tarmac.
Wouldn’t Pat Brosnan be better asking for the car park to be covered? I’m more than willing to put up with an infrequent shower or a nasty gust of wind in exchange for the convenience of getting off a plane and home quickly. And its convenience that prompted the airlines to ask for the air bridges to be discarded - with passengers embarking and disembarking quickly, they can fly on time and more often.
Finbar Walsh
Lissagroon
Crossbarry
Co Cork
