Dulles' G gates/Ghetto Gates

[Snaab]

Man,

Just had the pleasure of sitting in the G gates at Dulles for a few hours, waiting to deadhead. Long story short, never made it out of there. Wall-to-wall people in "G" like it was the Superdome or something! All that with the buses jockeying with taxiing airplanes to move you to and from concourses, which seemed to take an eternity in itself. Pretty disappointed with IAD!

Anyone want to share any G gate and/or Dulles stories??

Snaab

 

[aa73]

Don't know about the G gates but when I was based there from '98 - '01, IAD was always dissapointing in just about every respect. From ATC to pax facilities to eating facilities, it just sucked.

 

[JohnDoe]

Funny somebody brought this up. My wife was connecting through there not 2 days ago and made it a point to mention to me how much she hated that terminal. Crowded, noisy, couldn't here the announcements, etc. etc.

 

[Prop2Jet]

G GATES Fi-ng BLOW. Its like all the international refugees decided to work there at once. No one but a few know what's going on. "Are you ready to board?" "Are you ready?" and on and on and on.... Hey heres some insight for G gates: Speak english, Paper work before you load the cattle, Lav service and FUEL the aircraft to the right FOB in the release. Hey I love Ops at night. some Indian guy who can't speak english mumbles into the mic as if he is sucking on it. "Duhhh Bive OO tree heaven Dulluz Ops" Would you like a squishy with that?

G gates get your you know what together and then we will be on time!

Done ranting!

 

[jtf]

The whole airport is one big jumble-f*ck. It sucks in just about every respect, except for the new Subway (restaurant- not the thing they are trying to build right now to ditch those hideous people movers) located in the Z gates. Hopefully they actually start working on the Subway they have been advertising in the D gates for the last 6 months.

 

[generaltso]

What about the dunkin donuts??

 

[Beantown]

Man,

Just had the pleasure of sitting in the G gates at Dulles for a few hours, waiting to deadhead. Long story short, never made it out of there. Wall-to-wall people in "G" like it was the Superdome or something! All that with the buses jockeying with taxiing airplanes to move you to and from concourses, which seemed to take an eternity in itself. Pretty disappointed with IAD!

Anyone want to share any G gate and/or Dulles stories??

Snaab

From a pax stand point, the G gates in IAD are the single worst terminal in the country. The reference to the superdome is perfect. Especially on a Friday and Sunday. Not sure what United was thinking, or not thinking with those gates.-Bean

 

[ex j-41]

.02

G GATES Fi-ng BLOW. Its like all the international refugees decided to work there at once.

I think that the International refugees would bring it up a notch.
My .02

 

[GogglesPisano]

I always thought it had that grand central station ambiance. But it does share a lot with the F concourse in ORD.

 

[flyer172r]

But it does share a lot with the F concourse in ORD.

I'll take ORD's F concourse over the ghetto gates anyday.

 

[CoolSidePillow]

I was given a ground stop getting to IAD due to winds. Then it was lifted and we boarded, after the pax were loaded and we were taxiing tower called and told us IAD just put another ground delay in progress. We waited at end of runway for 30 minutes. Once on the ground at Dulles we had to wait another 20 minutes for a gate in the ghetto. There was an in range call which requested wheelchair, straight back and pax assist. So they had at least 30 minutes notice. After block in it still took them 50 minutes to remove the passenger with straigt back and ramp. They people missed their flight because of it. How is that for a cluster.

 

[Shrek]

All the time repeating Yes Yes Yes...... and they don't even understand INGRISH

 

[210FR8DOG]

All the time repeating Yes Yes Yes...... and they don't even understand INGRISH

LOL...

I posted this before but I think it's funny....

ramper comes to the door of our aircraft and says "I'm sorry?"
Flight Attendant-"Whaaaa?"
ramper-"Iiii'mm soooorrrryyy"
FA-(with a VERY puzzled look) "What are you sorry for?"
ramper- "I'm sorry!!!!"
me- "I think he is trying to ask about COMMISARY!!
FA-" Ohhhhhhhh!! 2 bags of ice........"

 

[91100 100 set]

I'm fortunate enough to not have to see much of the IAD G-gates lately, but the arrangement always seemed kind of hokey to me. Lets all stand around in this giant room with one little, overcrowded Hudson News and wait for our flight. Which just might be on a 70-some passenger 170. I still shake my head whenever I see one of those parked over at commuter-world with that Rube Goldberg stair contraption leading up to it. It's how I envision a 3rd world bus station to be like, I wouldn't be surprised to see a chicken or two running around, scratching on the floor.

Somebody told me that the E-gates at PIT were originally envisioned to be like the G-gates at IAD. I think the finished, heated version at PIT was far better. It spread the people out more, even if the actual boarding area got crowded.

 

[I.P. Freley]

Somebody told me that the E-gates at PIT were originally envisioned to be like the G-gates at IAD. I think the finished, heated version at PIT was far better. It spread the people out more, even if the actual boarding area got crowded.

I don't think PIT's E-gates even deserve mention when referring to IAD's G-gates. PIT's setup was vastly better, and IMHO was better than the "commuter gates" areas for Comair in Cincinnati and TransStates in St. Loooie, for instance. The UEX area that serves (served?) Skywest and AWAC in Chi-town isn't any better, either.

 

[arthompson]

Ok I haven't been to IAD in some time....where are the G gates? I remember the T-Gates on the main terminal, we used those for the UAX operation when I was in the UAX system, but I don't know anything about G gates. Could someone please enlighten me?

 

[smellthejeta]

Ok I haven't been to IAD in some time....where are the G gates? I remember the T-Gates on the main terminal, we used those for the UAX operation when I was in the UAX system, but I don't know anything about G gates. Could someone please enlighten me?

South of the D gates, like keep going south past BA's gates, and west along the same permiter where the old south employee lot was. It's basically a hastily built structure, designed to replace ACA"s gates when they left.

 

[coolnamepending]

What about the dunkin donuts??

DD is great.....except when 9 out of 10 times they put cream when you don't want it, no sugar when asked, and butter instead of cream cheese......etc etc etc.........

blame mwaa for that. they handle the hiring and management and take 50%.

 

[tjsatter]

Anybody here old enough to have seen the Chicago Stock Yards? It closed in the late 60s but was a huge cattle lot, 1000s of dumb cows met their end there. THAT'S what the Ghetto gates are.

tj

 

[clickclickboom]

G Gate Fun

If yopu want some enjoyment stand by one of the doors. ( You know the gate/door that ric, sav, rdu, ewr, iah, dal, rfd, cle, cvg all depart from in a 10 minute timeframe) and watch the people trying to get into the building from arriving planes. It is actually funny people trying to pile through and the gate agent all pissed off telling people to go through the arriving flights door.

Oh year dont forget to mention that the mens room has what? 2 toilets and 2 urinals!!

I contacted the fire marshall to file a safety complaint but somehow they were meeting code..