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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"mobile lounge ".

What a name
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Well, that was a part of Saarinen’s 1950s vision of the “airport of the future” - they were originally designed to take passengers directly from check-in counters to their plane in a “relaxing atmosphere of a lounge”. You can still see all the original docking areas right behind the airlines’ counters - but that was decades before all the screening we have to go through today. Good summary here:  [url]https://www.ashburnmagazine.com/features/mobile-lounges-are-a-unique-part-of-dulles-internationals-past/[/url]

It seems like OP was going to their domestic flight - still awful but initially I was thinking it happened after deplaning from a transatlantic flight (the only time when I use them), that would have been a terrible “welcome to America” after an exhausting long flight.

Hope OP does not have any serious issues from the accident and will be compensated for the stress and inconvenience. [/quote]

My mom and I had one take us out to a large plane for an overseas flight once (maybe 25ish years ago). Until then I didn't realize they also move up and down. [/quote]
This actually made me think about my flights to Dulles in the 1990s - I swear the mobile lounges took us directly from the plane to the terminal - or is it my faulty memory? The PP here who seems to know a lot about Dulles (thank you for all your interesting contributions!) might know if it was indeed the case back then or not. It actually felt very cool going up and down with a direct deplaning into the people mover - almost the way Saarinen envisioned it.

On all the recent overseas arrivals we had to go through jetway first to the concourse then load to the people mover - almost defeating their original purpose. [/quote]

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