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BeachBaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 10:34 AM
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O'Hare Airport sucks.
They're ruining my day. That is all.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 10:35 AM
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1. .....
Edited on Fri Apr-03-09 10:36 AM by TZ
:hug:
Check your PM
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 10:36 AM
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2. O'Hare is awful.
Not as bad as LAX
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 10:40 AM
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3. O'Hare is awful!
Hope you can escape that hell hole soon.

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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 10:40 AM
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4. Got dumped there once
at 1:00am with about 1,000 other people- The hotel rooms at the airport that were usually 256$ a night were upped to 450$ per night. We stood out in front trying to get a cab to a hotel 30 minutes away for at least an hour. We got to the hotel at 2:00am and had to be back at O'Hareball at 6:00am for the flight. Never again!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 10:48 AM
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5. Sorry, ma'am, tracking for mathematical constants is not available
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 10:58 AM
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6. Place does indeed suck
I go out of my way to schedule flights that have connections anywhere but there.

Although I do kinda like the freaky Logan's Run-type tunnel between American terminals. Not enough to convince me to fly to or through O'Hare, though. x(
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 11:13 AM
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7. I determined that in 1985.
And if O'Hare has a fuck-up with its radar, the WHOLE DAMN COUNTRY gets fucked up!
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 11:44 AM
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8. Hey, at least you're not at Heathrow.
Although I haven't been there since the new terminal started operations.
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WildEyedLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 02:22 PM
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16. Terminal 5 is terrific
Edited on Fri Apr-03-09 02:23 PM by WildEyedLiberal
Terminal 4 sucks rancid ass, though.

I flew into Terminal 4 - hated it - and flew out of Terminal 5 - loved it.

ETA: All the other London area airports are worse, though. Stansted will haunt me for the rest of my days :scared:
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 11:53 AM
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9. yes it does.
:hug:

It will get better, I promise :evilgrin:
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 12:12 PM
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10. why?
what is happening?

it is the 2nd busiest airport

One of my FAA friends did their approach and departure layouts years ago!! he has sinced retired after many years with them!!

You can always come here to the Libree

:hi: :hug: :loveya:
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 12:13 PM
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11. As far as airports go, I like it.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 12:19 PM
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12. I was bringing my brother a new mast for his schooner, and they wouldn't let me check it.
Bastards.

Wouldn't even let me fly.

They droned on and on about physics and plane length and mast length blah blah fucking blah, I finally tuned them out with whatever dudes, I'm outta here, if that's how you treat customers.

And then they took my open can of gasoline, too.

I hate O'Hare.
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3.14158675309 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 02:18 PM
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13. Tell me about it! I was just there 2 hours ago because my destination city
couldn't handle a little rain!

T minus 15"
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 02:20 PM
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14. Good to see you in safe...
I'll remember to avoid Chicago on my way to Minnesota next month..BTW..Have a great weekend my friend..:hi:
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 02:21 PM
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15. I love flying over Chicago at night
I just hate landing there and trying to find a connecting flight that's due to take off in ten minutes....
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 02:36 PM
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17. I'll take O'Hare over Miami ANY day.....
At the risk of sounding like Tom Tancredo... Add a few goats and chickens, and Miami International Airport is EXACTLY like a 3rd world country.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 02:40 PM
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18. Its much bigger than most though...
I had 15 minutes to get from one terminal to another and I KNEW it was going to be close when I saw the sign that the terminal I needed was a FIFTEEN MINUTE WALK! Needless to say I wished my carryon had wheels that day....:crazy:
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 02:44 PM
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20. I always take that as a personal challenge!!!
15 minutes? Pffft!!! I'll be there in 7!!!

:woohoo:
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 04:10 PM
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25. O'Hare does that for entertainment don't you know?
they do that all the time.

the other thing i notice is that flying through O'Hare on United, I'm rarely on the flight I'd booked. what'll happen is i arrive in O'Hare at 4pm for a 5pm connection, but that flight is 1 1/2 hours late, so they put me on the 3pm flight which is 2 hours late and I leave at 5pm (unless we get delayed on the runway --i mean when...). fly the friendly skies! :eyes:
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 02:41 PM
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19. Tell me something I don't already know. Only worse: Atlanta airport.
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 03:07 PM
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22. Atlanta has always treated me well... big, but no complaints...
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 04:07 PM
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24. You're lucky, or I'm unlucky.
I always have delays going through Atlanta.
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 03:06 PM
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21. There are FAR worse... take any airport in England... Frankfurt
JFK. Dulles... and many more I am still in recovery over...
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 03:12 PM
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23. ...
Check your PM.
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 04:13 PM
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26. They'd need to make several improvements to elevate their status
to "sucks"
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 04:15 PM
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27. There are worse. n/t
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:41 PM
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28. Ever been there at night? It's like the Airport of the Damned.
My sister and I were stuck at O'Hare overnight in January '04 and it suuuuucked. No people. No vending machines. We were lucky they left the bathrooms open.
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