XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: tonycooper214@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 06:02:15 -0000 (UTC), Moe Trin   
    wrote:   
      
   >We're rarely boarding an airplane out on the ramp (or similar) by means   
   >of a set of stairs.  NEARLY all airports now have enclosed ramps from   
   >the boarding area within the airport terminal building (so that the   
   >passengers don't have to bear the blistering heat/cold/rain/what-ever   
   >while boarding/deplaning, never mind having to _climb_ stairs!!!), and   
   >the air is "filtered" through some minimal air-conditioning system, so   
   >there is a bit less chance of the nasty buggies boarding along with the   
   >paying passengers.   
      
   I can remember flying from Indianapolis or Chicago to St Petersburg,   
   Florida to visit my parents and walking off the airplane onto the   
   stairs and down to the tarmac and across to the outside baggage claim   
   area. The heat and humidity would hit like a surfer's dream wave.   
   Breathing was like sucking steam.   
      
   Later, St Pete's airport went to the enclosed ramps and passengers   
   went from plane directly into the terminal.  Baggage claim is inside.   
      
   The heat and humidity was still there, but the blast was delayed until   
   you left the terminal.   
      
   Now that I live in Florida, I'm accustomed to the heat and humidity.   
   --   
   Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)