Talk:Charlotte/Douglas International Airport

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What does the "Douglas" portion of the name refer to? RickK 01:55 10 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I just answered that question. WhisperToMe 04:02, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Contents 1 Changes of accident findings 2 Accident history 3 Most expensive airport? 4 Major Airport??? 5 Beijing 6 Rocking Chair Picture

[edit] Changes of accident findings

Regarding the 1974 EAL accident at Charlotte:

I removed probable cause findings in the previous summary, because those were not in the offical probable cause finding of the NTSB report, and replaced with the correct wording. While the NTSB did discuss the possibility that both pilots had misread their altimeters by 1,000 ft., it was admitted that was tenuous speculation, at its best, so that was not an official finding in the report. I also changed the plane type from DC-10, to DC-9-31. --EditorASC 06:39, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I cannot cite specific evidence, but my father at the time worked in communications for the Charlotte Fire Department and was on duty when the crash occured. He told me that according to accident investigators, the cockpit voice recorder indicated the pilots were busy talking about the then-new Carowinds amusement park, which they were flying over on approach. --SquareWave 00:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Accident history

Added info about the crash of USAir 1016 on 2 July 1994. --SquareWave 03:17, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Most expensive airport?

I have heard before that CLT is consistently one of the most expensive airports to fly out of. Does anyone have more information about this? --SquareWave 00:55, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Major Airport???

What's the deal of "Major Airport" behng listed at the top of the article? Theres not even a numer of the amount of passengers it serves each year. Until It can be proven that the airport serves more tan 30,000,000 passengers a year, it is cosidered a mid size. (Mid-size is 10 to 10 million passengers a year.65.163.203.130 18:57, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Beijing

Since the flight from PHL to Beijing originates in CLT, why is it not listed among the destinations?

[edit] Rocking Chair Picture

Why is there a picture of a rocking chair in the airport? Am I missing something, but how is that relevant to, well, anything? Brett (talk) 01:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

The airport has many rocking chairs lined up in the concourse passageways for passenger use - definitely not a usual thing in major airport hubs. FCYTravis (talk) 01:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)