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Apple's Maps App Directs Drivers onto Taxiway Bravo at Fairbanks International Airport
Relying on the iPhone map app's directions to get to Fairbanks International Airport is downright dangerous. That’s because the directions take you on a turn-by-turn route to Taxiway Bravo. From there, it's a direct shot across the main runway to the terminal. (www.alaskadispatch.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It seems to me there is a bigger problem here with the security of the airport. It should not be this easy to just drive right out onto an airport taxi way.
That's true, but I still think it's hilarious. If the graphic in the article is accurate, the Apple Map directions even say
"1.0 Miles
Turn Right on Taxiway B"
XD.
"1.0 Miles
Turn Right on Taxiway B"
XD.
Gov't never gets things wrong.
1. The gate is not supposed to be closed. The airfield isn't supposed to be restricted. What are we living in a communist totalitarian society.
2. The state transportation database isn't supposed to show the airfield roads/taxiways as a restricted area. See explanation in #1.
[Can also substitute 'airport authority' above in place of 'government'. Bad data has to come from somewhere.]
It's probably not the first time someone showed up at the gate to follow the directions to the terminal. It may have just the first time, someone showed up following the directions and found it open.
Airport:
1) should keep the gate closed.
2) should have HIGHLY VISIBLE signage indicating that the airfield/ area beyond the gate is a restricted area, authorized persons only.
3) should've noticed that a major mapping/directions program would send cars onto the airfield taxiways AND NOT IGNORED IT.
Too many people ignore critical problems because 'it's not my job'. The very first time a car comes to that gate intending to cross past it onto the airfield because of a public mapping/directions program, the security guard posted at that gate or any other airport employee and their supervisor should make sure the airport manager was aware of the 'issue' so that it can be assigned to an appropriate person for timely follow up and correction.
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"Why did you let your house burn down to the ground without calling the fire department?"
"It's the fire department's job to put out fires. Not mine. Plus, I'd rather just make fun of them for their absolute failure to do their job, rather than help them do their job. I'm not a fire fighter. It's not my job."
1. The gate is not supposed to be closed. The airfield isn't supposed to be restricted. What are we living in a communist totalitarian society.
2. The state transportation database isn't supposed to show the airfield roads/taxiways as a restricted area. See explanation in #1.
[Can also substitute 'airport authority' above in place of 'government'. Bad data has to come from somewhere.]
It's probably not the first time someone showed up at the gate to follow the directions to the terminal. It may have just the first time, someone showed up following the directions and found it open.
Airport:
1) should keep the gate closed.
2) should have HIGHLY VISIBLE signage indicating that the airfield/ area beyond the gate is a restricted area, authorized persons only.
3) should've noticed that a major mapping/directions program would send cars onto the airfield taxiways AND NOT IGNORED IT.
Too many people ignore critical problems because 'it's not my job'. The very first time a car comes to that gate intending to cross past it onto the airfield because of a public mapping/directions program, the security guard posted at that gate or any other airport employee and their supervisor should make sure the airport manager was aware of the 'issue' so that it can be assigned to an appropriate person for timely follow up and correction.
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"Why did you let your house burn down to the ground without calling the fire department?"
"It's the fire department's job to put out fires. Not mine. Plus, I'd rather just make fun of them for their absolute failure to do their job, rather than help them do their job. I'm not a fire fighter. It's not my job."
Some people don't get sarcasm.
Ain't it the truth- no sense of humors either.
There needs to be a "sarcasm" font.
Slightly OT, but there have been punctuation marks that have been proposed in the past to mark sarcastic or ironic statements; perhaps it's time to embrace them and make the world a better place!
In your favorite search engine, type "sarcmark" or "herve bazin."
In your favorite search engine, type "sarcmark" or "herve bazin."
Yeah, like a reverse italic or something...
You could try pseuo-HTML such as
<sarcasm> Your comment </sarcasm>
I used to use
<humour> insert joke </humour> until I found people trying to incorporated those into their web pages. They wondered why it didn't load.
<sarcasm> Your comment </sarcasm>
I used to use
<humour> insert joke </humour> until I found people trying to incorporated those into their web pages. They wondered why it didn't load.