Petition to change the name of Dulles Airport

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Anonymous wrote:I travel a lot for work. IAD and BWI suck. DCA is hands down the best local airport.

Ugh, I hate National. So hard to get to, park, etc.

National is the only airport actually convenient for people who live in DC.

And Dulles is the only airport actually convenient for people who live in the DC suburbs of VA.

The BFE portions of VA.

BFE?

Bum f**k Egypt.

That's what people who live among urban blight and don't get out much call the rest of the world.
DP

Don’t live in “urban blight”. Get out plenty.

Dulles is out in BFE.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Planey McPlaneface

Bruce Willis John MacLean International

2nd this, great Christmas movie.

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares about the name?? It’s been called Dulles for so long that even if you change it now, people are still going to call it Dulles.
The name is not the problem. The most offensive thing about that airport is the mobile lounge / people mover things that they still use, and are about to spend millions of dollars renovating instead of building an underground railway. I literally hate the place because of those things. I don’t hate any other airport, I don’t hate a train or bus station or any other entity. But Dulles sucks so bad- It’s like we have a 3rd world airport in our nations capital, and as soon as DCA or BWI have international flights, I’ll never have to fly out of Dulles again .

Wow, are you unhinged! There IS an underground train there already. And the people movers are no big deal. Dulles is infinitely better than National or BWI.

The underground train serves only 1 terminal, and does not move any of the passengers on international flights. They should have built the underground train for the entire airport, but didn’t due to cost. Now they are about to waste millions refurbishing the people movers. As someone who flies frequently, there is literally no other major airport in the world that makes passengers get off a plane and then have to wait in line, board one of those things, wait around 10 more minutes for the stragglers coming off the plane to get on, be crammed inside, travel across the tarmac and then wait to get off again, all before you’ve even gone through customs. It is a 3rd world airport.

Sorry I don't believe you fly frequently internationally one bit.

Other airports where I have to take a bus quite a lot are Narita on departure and Frankfurt on arrival. The buses in Narita are particularly terrible the way they crowd you in. Also, you haven't been to actual 3rd world airports if you think Dulles is a third world airport. The United terminal sucks but there are some decent enough lounges available with Priority Pass if you're not flying Business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bigger issue is that it takes almost two hours to get off the plane and to your car. The passport control line is such a nightmare.

Why don't you have GE if you care so much? Yes, bags can take a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it named after John Foster Dulles, why not name it after George Washington, Lincoln, Obama or even John Warner???? I don't like the name at all.

Because you wouldn't be living the good life we enjoyed in the United States without the diplomacy of John Foster Dulles, nevermind the world saving done by his brother.
George Washington owned slaves and was married to a woman whose progengy raped his slaves and married Robert E. Lee.
Abraham Lincoln has the Lincoln Memorial which is a much more significant than Dulles International Airport.
Barach Obama has nothing to do with aviation.
John Warner served in the Navy on boats and not in the air.

*on ships

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it named after John Foster Dulles, why not name it after George Washington, Lincoln, Obama or even John Warner???? I don't like the name at all.

Because you wouldn't be living the good life we enjoyed in the United States without the diplomacy of John Foster Dulles, nevermind the world saving done by his brother.
George Washington owned slaves and was married to a woman whose progengy raped his slaves and married Robert E. Lee.
Abraham Lincoln has the Lincoln Memorial which is a much more significant than Dulles International Airport.
Barach Obama has nothing to do with aviation.
John Warner served in the Navy on boats and not in the air.

Whoever Barach Obama was, he might have had something to do w aviation so could be a good choice. I am Googling him now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it named after John Foster Dulles, why not name it after George Washington, Lincoln, Obama or even John Warner???? I don't like the name at all.

OP, you don’t like the sound of the name or the spelling of the name, or what? I am fascinated by “I don’t even like the name.”
And before today, had you never heard of Dulles? Did you think it was named after something in the region, such as “Oh, we live in Dulles Valley, near DC.” Or, “We love to weekend in the Dulles Mountains to escape the DC heat in the summer.” I have so many questions about this interesting and entertaining post. Starting with for instance, do you like to read books?

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Anonymous wrote:I travel a lot for work. IAD and BWI suck. DCA is hands down the best local airport.

Ugh, I hate National. So hard to get to, park, etc.

National is the only airport actually convenient for people who live in DC.

And Dulles is the only airport actually convenient for people who live in the DC suburbs of VA.

The BFE portions of VA.

BFE?

Bum f**k Egypt.

That's what people who live among urban blight and don't get out much call the rest of the world.
DP

Don’t live in “urban blight”. Get out plenty.

Dulles is out in BFE.

You very clearly live in urban blight and a tiny little echo chamber. Glad I work in the Reston area and no longer have to commute to your rat-infested city.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a serious post????

Apparently so. No examples of the "racism" Dulles supposedly exhibited. None. Just the usual unhinged, LWNJ rants. Reported to Jeff but still up.

Why are you such a narc, why do you care? You kinfolk to Dulles or are you just concern trolling?

NP. There are more than a few of us on DCUM who grow weary of reading unsubstantiated charges of racism. If you're going to call someone out as a racist, then you better be prepared to pony up some facts as evidence. Otherwise, you simply look dumb and unhinged. And when you start insulting other posters who call you out for a lack of evidence, you look even dumber and more unhinged.

+100

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Anonymous wrote:I travel a lot for work. IAD and BWI suck. DCA is hands down the best local airport.

Ugh, I hate National. So hard to get to, park, etc.

National is the only airport actually convenient for people who live in DC.

And Dulles is the only airport actually convenient for people who live in the DC suburbs of VA.

The BFE portions of VA.

BFE?

Bum f**k Egypt.

That's what people who live among urban blight and don't get out much call the rest of the world.
DP

Don’t live in “urban blight”. Get out plenty.

Dulles is out in BFE.

You very clearly live in urban blight and a tiny little echo chamber. Glad I work in the Reston area and no longer have to commute to your rat-infested city.

I’m looking out my window. No blight. No rats. No city.

Guess that’s hard to see from out in BFE.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares about the name?? It’s been called Dulles for so long that even if you change it now, people are still going to call it Dulles.
The name is not the problem. The most offensive thing about that airport is the mobile lounge / people mover things that they still use, and are about to spend millions of dollars renovating instead of building an underground railway. I literally hate the place because of those things. I don’t hate any other airport, I don’t hate a train or bus station or any other entity. But Dulles sucks so bad- It’s like we have a 3rd world airport in our nations capital, and as soon as DCA or BWI have international flights, I’ll never have to fly out of Dulles again .

Wow, are you unhinged! There IS an underground train there already. And the people movers are no big deal. Dulles is infinitely better than National or BWI.

The underground train serves only 1 terminal, and does not move any of the passengers on international flights. They should have built the underground train for the entire airport, but didn’t due to cost. Now they are about to waste millions refurbishing the people movers. As someone who flies frequently, there is literally no other major airport in the world that makes passengers get off a plane and then have to wait in line, board one of those things, wait around 10 more minutes for the stragglers coming off the plane to get on, be crammed inside, travel across the tarmac and then wait to get off again, all before you’ve even gone through customs. It is a 3rd world airport.

Sorry I don't believe you fly frequently internationally one bit.

Other airports where I have to take a bus quite a lot are Narita on departure and Frankfurt on arrival. The buses in Narita are particularly terrible the way they crowd you in. Also, you haven't been to actual 3rd world airports if you think Dulles is a third world airport. The United terminal sucks but there are some decent enough lounges available with Priority Pass if you're not flying Business.

+1. I have issues with Dulles, but 3rd world - ha ha ha. That's amusing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I travel a lot for work. IAD and BWI suck. DCA is hands down the best local airport.

Ugh, I hate National. So hard to get to, park, etc.

National is the only airport actually convenient for people who live in DC.

And Dulles is the only airport actually convenient for people who live in the DC suburbs of VA.

The BFE portions of VA.

BFE?

Bum f**k Egypt.

That's what people who live among urban blight and don't get out much call the rest of the world.
DP

Don’t live in “urban blight”. Get out plenty.

Dulles is out in BFE.

Dulles Airport is conveniently located within the Dulles/Reston technology corridor. If you somehow think that’s “BFE,” it simply speaks volumes about your intelligence level.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/06/22/feature/forget-silicon-valley-the-dulles-tech-corridor-is-cultivating-companies-that-break-the-mold/
https://techcrunch.com/sponsor/fceda/americas-most-livable-tech-hub-why-northern-virginia-should-be-on-your-radar/
DP

[Anonymous]

He did some good stuff but he also helped overthrow democracies in Iran and Guatemala— we are still dealing with the blowback from both of those decisions.

[Anonymous]

Enough with changing names. Nobody cares--and most have no clue why it is "Dulles."

It takes a LOT of taxpayer money to rename places and the money could be better spent on upgrading the place.

[Anonymous]

No, YOU don’t care cause it doesn’t affect you. But, let’s name it Malcom X or Black panther party airport and you’d be upset.