Until now, passenger convenience has largely been ignored.
The primary benefit is passenger convenience, said Andreas Berk, the light-rail technical project manager for the city.
Longer term, both security and passenger convenience might be improved by the development of more sophisticated passenger-identification systems.
For instance, joint ventures between rival airlines are permitted if trustbusters judge that the benefits of passenger convenience outweigh the harm to price competition.
The situation appears to be fluid, changing daily at many airports as officials try to strike the right balance between tight security and passenger convenience.
I am also happy to report that our flight schedules are being continuously overhauled to minimize passenger convenience and to help our board members travel more easily to their favorite resorts and spas.
For many the trouble starts as soon as they find themselves in the sleek arrivals lounge of Hamad international airport – a stunning new building which "sets new global standards in passenger convenience and service".
With the airport stretched to its limits, and with no place to grow in the confines of its waterside location, rationing usage is as much a matter of safety as it is of passenger convenience.
New Jersey Transit officials had considered a subway extension about 10 years ago, but dropped the idea because, they said, it would not provide as much "passenger convenience and time savings" as a rail tunnel and it would not adequately reduce congestion in existing rail tunnels or at Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.
So if, in fact, they are seriously concerned about passenger convenience and safety, then they shouldn't just be thinking about tomorrow or next week or the week after that; they should be thinking about what's going to happen five years from now, 10 years from now or 15 years from now.
