These days, it feels to me like you make a devil's pact when you walk into this country. You hand over your passport at the check-in, you get stamped, you want to make a little money, get yourself started... but you mean to go back! Who would want to stay? Cold, wet, miserable; terrible food, dreadful newspapers - who would want to stay? In a place where you are never welcomed, only tolerated. Just tolerated. Like you are an animal finally house-trained.
Quotes about check-in (8 Quotes)
For every security provision we put in place, there's a civil right done away with, ... There's a limit to how much security people want. Many people feel violated after they've been through check-in at the airport.
Most of the airlines we've met with have been extremely receptive to the concept. Our service ultimately shortens their check-in lines and lowers total weight of the plane. From a traveler's standpoint, you can't beat knowing your luggage is in your hotel waiting for you before you've even boarded the plane. It's truly a 'win win' for everybody involved.
There was notification just before dusk that there was some concern. Our helicopters ... fly during the day, so it was past the normal check-in time for the flight plan.
We are working on four core projects 100 percent e-ticketing globally by the end of 2007 bar-coded boarding passes common use of self-service check-in kiosks and radio-frequency identification for baggage management.
Our goal was to improve patient satisfaction. The most common complaint we heard from patients was that the check-in process was too cumbersome.
There were few people lining up at Iberia check-in counters Tuesday morning, where they would normally be several ranks deep.
I would say the check-in process over the next five years is just going to change dramatically, and it will be an unusual event to talk to an agent before getting on the plane.