Would Love to See the Stats Behind This Threat
Sunday Jul 27, 2008
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam is my favourite airport. There are a few reasons, but Burger King is one of the most important :-) Also I like the short transfer times. Even when taking a bus it usually takes me about 15-20 mins from arrival gate to departure gate. So far I have not yet needed this short time, but whenever I have to run for my next flight, I hope I can rely on Dutch efficiency again.
There is one thing that I have only heard at Schiphol so far. Every few minutes you will hear an announcement that goes like this:
"Passenger XYZ, flying on XYZ to XYZ, please proceed immediately to gate XYZ. You are delaying your flight. We will proceed to offload your luggage"
The first part is not unusual, however the offloading of the luggage is something that is unique to Schiphol. At least of all the airports that I have flown to.
One thing that I would like to know is how many times they actually proceed with the offloading of the luggage. In other words, in how many cases does the passenger actually miss the flight?
My guess is that this does not happen too often, I would say 1-2% of the time. What is your thought?
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I have not only heard this announcement in Canada,...
I hear this every 5-10 whenever I am sitting at Pr...
... every 5-10 *minutes* ...