Bob Hope Airport

[Stephen_s]

I like Bob Hope Airport because it's close to my house. It's not too big and easy to get in and out of.

When I fly to Vegas, I tend to fly out of Bob Hope because fares are roughly the same as when I fly out of LAX. I also like the fact that when you fly Southwest, they use both forward and rear doors so the "cattle call" isn't that bad.

I wish other airports that use Jetways have that capability to expand to both front and rear doors.

[Margery]

Stephen, I also wonder why planes continue to load from one door only. On a few European trips I've experienced dual-door loading and it is great. It seems to me that boarding is taking longer and longer these days. I wonder why there has been no progress in looking at ways to speed up the process.

[The Sky Steward]

Stephen, is Southwest boarding using stairs (or rampstands) at Burbank? They were testing jetbridges that actually extended over the wing and to the rear entry door, but I was not sure if they stated actually using these regularly. I know they had a mishap in which an aircraft was damaged using this type of jetbridge.

[Stephen_s]

Hi, Galen. They're still using air stairs.