TP2000
Well-Known Member
I have long been a very vocal critic of LAX in this forum. For years. It has historically been a miserable place to be, and it's embarrassing that LAX is the first and last impression of our country we give to visitors from overseas.
That said, I think @truecoat has some valid points here. I have been impressed with the amount of money being spent on LAX and the plans for its eventual rebirth by the middle of this decade. Once it's done it's not going to be perfect, it won't be voted best airport in the world. But it will be a dramatic improvement over what it's nearly third world status has been from 1990 to 2020.
I still avoid LAX like the plague. I only use it when I fly overseas, and then I stay at a nearby hotel the night before and just hold my nose until I can get through security and into a cheesy Business Class Lounge and eventually onto a plane run by a good foreign airline like Singapore, Virgin Atlantic, or JAL.
But by 2024? I will probably still stay in a nearby hotel the night before to avoid the awful LA freeway traffic, but I might not have to hold my nose. And at least LAX won't be so embarrassing for our country.
That said, I think @truecoat has some valid points here. I have been impressed with the amount of money being spent on LAX and the plans for its eventual rebirth by the middle of this decade. Once it's done it's not going to be perfect, it won't be voted best airport in the world. But it will be a dramatic improvement over what it's nearly third world status has been from 1990 to 2020.
I still avoid LAX like the plague. I only use it when I fly overseas, and then I stay at a nearby hotel the night before and just hold my nose until I can get through security and into a cheesy Business Class Lounge and eventually onto a plane run by a good foreign airline like Singapore, Virgin Atlantic, or JAL.
But by 2024? I will probably still stay in a nearby hotel the night before to avoid the awful LA freeway traffic, but I might not have to hold my nose. And at least LAX won't be so embarrassing for our country.
