On 22 May, 12:19, Michael Hoffman wrote:
If poor airports are capable of wrecking an economy then the US is
screwed.

U.S. airports are fine. On the whole, far easier than the ones in the
London area, and far more amenable to the needs of business travelers.
They are operated by public authorities or by airlines to encourage
travel rather than to shortsightedly maximize profit as BAA tries to do.

Sorry, have you ever been to the US? That may be true for places such
as Phoenix or Detroit, which are desperately trying to persuade
businesses to relocate there (indeed, DTW is very nice). But for the
places people have to go - New York, Chicago, Washington DC and Los
Angeles, it's complete and utter nonsense.

I
don't think it's dawned on the US government how much that's going to
put people off studying or working in the states, which over the
medium term is going to do some pretty nasty things to its economy

Frankly, I don't think they care.

I suspect you're right, but that's out of arrogance more than it is
out of not *needing* to care.

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