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Published On: Mar 16, 2007 11:12 AM
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Published On: Mar 16, 2007 11:12 AM
Looking before you Leapfrog
In the
Hutong
Waiting for a Conference Call
0934 hrs
Waiting for a Conference Call
0934 hrs
The New
York Times and my fellow plane-geeks over at Airliners.net
have been singing a dirge for Denver International Airport's automated baggage
system, built at a cost of $186 million, never fully utilized, prone to
breakdowns, and incredibly costly to operate. The system is being shut down, and
it's 26 miles of conveyers and expensive robots and computing system will gather
dust - if they don't wind up getting ripped out
entirely.
One cannot help but think about the current - and planned - airport expansion programs being considered around China, obviously, but also a broad range of government-funded projects - like the Olympics - and worry.
The Chinese desire to have the newest and the coolest as strong as it was in Denver a decade ago, and given the great degree of attention being given China the temptation to give in to
One cannot help but think about the current - and planned - airport expansion programs being considered around China, obviously, but also a broad range of government-funded projects - like the Olympics - and worry.
The Chinese desire to have the newest and the coolest as strong as it was in Denver a decade ago, and given the great degree of attention being given China the temptation to give in to
Posted: Mon - August 29, 2005 at 11:24 AM