Miesian Corners

September 13, 2022

30 minutes ago, Temeteron said:

18 months? Yikes

14 days.

September 13, 2022

CLT Upper Roadway Closure (Departures Level), 27SEP – 12OCT

CLT Airport will begin the next portion of major construction of the Terminal Lobby Expansion (TLE) project: CLT Canopy Installation. This project is slated to begin at 10:00pm on September 27th, 2022 and continue through October 12th, 2022. The UPPER LEVEL roadway/ Departures will be closed during this time period. The project is anticipated to cause several significant impacts to our roadways and curbside operations.

Important Notes:

Express Deck bus will pick up and drop off on the Arrivals Level, in the bus lane Zone 2 during this two-week period

The Smoking Area will relocate to the east end of the Departures Level

Following the two-week closure, the Departures Level will close nightly for the duration of the Canopy Installation

18-month duration
10:00pm to 4:00am nightly

During these hours, the Express Deck bus will continue to pick up and drop off on the Arrivals Level, in the bus lane Zone 2

July 12, 2022

So the only thing that makes this building taller than Deloitte is the fact it's plopped atop more parking, right?

June 26, 2022

On 6/22/2022 at 8:47 AM, a2theb said:

Not sure if anyone has brought this up yet but I have heard from a pretty reliable source that we will be getting a Flagship First Lounge in the near future. I have no other details other than that unfortunately.

All I know for certain is that C/D club will close - AGAIN - next year for a complete overhaul (I was told the space would be completely reconfigured and that showers would be added).

Can we just stop for a minute and make note of the only reason the club closed this time is because it failed its fire safety inspection. The space was built in 1999...in an airport surrounded by airplanes and trucks and tugs that all use petroleum...WITHOUT A SPRINKLER SYSTEM!!! How does something like that occur? Seriously!

It's also been hinted that once Delta moves into its new space, A concourse will get a small club. The airline's true pain point, the endless confusing cluster that is E, will still be without a club, relying only on the C/D space.

June 1, 2022

52 minutes ago, InSouthPark said:

Tariq Bokhari, "a bag of excrement."

That's exactly what he is.

May 31, 2022

53 minutes ago, CLT2014 said:

Other than looking at the buildings... what are you doing at the Legacy Union site that is different than what you can do around First Ward? Right now both are dead zones. I guess one can open a checking account and get a coffee at Legacy Union.... around First Ward Park you can sign up for Google Fiber and go to Owen's Bagels. Sit by the fountain for a bit. The park itself is decent and elevates that area above Legacy IMO. Outside of parks though, both are kind of dull dead zones.

I really hope retail comes to Legacy Union sooner rather than later and they can attract some appealing tenants.

You can't even open a bank account. The BofA Tower doesn't have a branch.

May 31, 2022

12-story apartment tower with retail sought for busy area just outside Plaza Midwood  Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/development/article261970235.html#storylink=cpy

In a nutshell, Levine Properties is seeking to build a 12-story apartment tower in PM. The developer filed a rezoning application with the city on Friday. Plans call to take a roughly 1-acre site at the corner of The Plaza and Commonwealth Avenue and build 175 apartments to a maximum of 150 feet. Levine Properties is also seeking to include 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.

It's Daniel Levine, so I guess we'll see vertical construction by 2055.

May 28, 2022

May 4, 2022

From what I understand, the Berlin-based company is hyper sensitive to environmental concerns. It isn't demolishing the building because it can make a case for repurposing existing building infrastructure (concrete, steel, glass, etc).

April 28, 2022

The crossfield taxiway and deicing pads are moving along quickly. I was out at the cargo complex today and steel is going in for the taxiway bridge. It was supposed to be completed by the end of the year, but I think it will more than likely be Q1 of 2023.

April 22, 2022

On 4/19/2022 at 7:33 PM, LKN704 said:

Perhaps.

At the same time, the devil's advocate in me thinks that the Frankfurt flight likely performs better than the Munich flight, but AA is not willing to risk the loss of corporate contracts on the Munich flight, which are likely crucial to the flight's survival, especially as they are a new entrant into the market and there is a competitor who has had consistent service for almost 20 years on the route now.

There is no competitor to AA's CLT-Frankfurt flight (and it's far too late in the season for Lufthansa to introduce their own flight to Frankfurt...I doubt they would want to anyways), corporate contracts are likely far less important, and US/AA has been on the route now consistently going back to the 1990s, so it can likely afford to anger a few corporate clients for a few months, especially given that long-haul business travel is still down.

Delta has actually discontinued their Atlanta-Stuttgart service. It's supposed to resume this Fall IIRC.

The airline told crews that the reason the service was suspended was a combination of too few widebodies and slot issues at LHR. Don't use the slot, lose it. FRA isn't slot-controlled, so there's no worry about losing the route. The 777-200 in question will now fly MIA-LHR. CLT-FRA is scheduled to resume in the fall.

April 22, 2022

On 4/6/2022 at 11:23 AM, tarhoosier said:

Sign inside (approximately) "Any orders taken while on phone or two way radio (!) will be ignored". Also, ATM on side wall.

Sadly the ATM made no difference, what with that change shortage and all...

April 1, 2022

On 3/30/2022 at 10:22 AM, davidclt said:

With the exception of Air Canada, every foreign flag carrier I've flown (which isn't an extensive list but is a set >5: British, Turkish, EVA, Thai, Lufthansa, SAS) offer a better hard and soft product that AA or United. Delta is close. Given my druthers, I would always choose a foreign carrier over any US carrier. The ambivalence US airlines feel toward their passengers (driven by flyers flying almost solely by price) is reflected in the diminishing level of service or "here to there with no flair" as I prefer to think of it on US flagged carriers.

Hmmmm. I beg to differ. While I've always had decent service on foreign carriers, my Air France premium economy seat (A380) was a torture device and my intra-Europe coach seat had 29" pitch with no recline (A320), my BA biz class seat didn't lie flat (B777) and my BA intra-Europe flight (B737) featured no amenities that were free (had to buy a Diet Coke), my Lufthansa biz class seat was so hot I couldn't sleep and the airplane had no air vents (not to mention that the monitor was stationary and the only way to watch a film was to be in the upright position (A340). I'll take jetBlue any day of the week over any of them.

March 28, 2022

On 3/25/2022 at 1:29 PM, SydneyCarton said:

I think that I'm the only person that loves Lincoln Harris' designs.

I think you may be correct.

March 23, 2022

40 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

this is not good....

Charlotte Fire is responding to a kitchen fire in the Atrium area. Passengers have been safely removed from the Atrium area to the concourses. The roadway in front of the Terminal is currently closed to traffic for emergency crews.

Charlotte Fire is responding to a situation in the Atrium. At this time, passengers are being moved away from the Atrium.

from twitter

sources tell WBT radio it was a fire at the Burger King

Terminal is reopening in the next 30 minutes. Sad this is what it takes to get a remodel at the BK.

March 17, 2022

On 3/13/2022 at 11:18 AM, kayman said:

If it is a big issue then notify the Charlotte City Council of these conditions and bring it to their attention so that it becomes priority. I don't believe just posting and complaining about it will solve anything. Especially since there seems to be subtle complicity of "everything is controlled by the City of Charlotte" notion is constantly thrown around accepted.

Email if not all of the Charlotte City Council members with photographic proof and draw attention to the unsanitary condition of CLT Airport restrooms. I bet it will become priority once it is apparent to not only them but the local media outlets.

People DO complain. Rarely does the airport care.

I'm just glad I don't have to hear "Hi, I'm Vi Lyles, mayor of the City of Charlotte..." incessantly on the PA system anymore.

March 17, 2022

It Element still a go? After some weed clearing in February, nothing else has happened.

March 10, 2022

Flying in yesterday, I noticed the girders for the canopy are being delivered to the staging site off Wilkinson Blvd.

In other news, I finally got a reply from the airport about D & E remodeling. Earth-shattering:

Renovations in the terminal are ongoing. Concourse D and Concourse E will receive similar improvements as Concourses A, B and C. Improvements will include new gate seating with integrated power outlets and USB charging outlets, new terrazzo flooring in the walkway corridor, wall finishes, new ceilings and new public address system.

We recognize that this does not change your experience and hope that these upcoming renovations will improve your experience.

It's still Jerry World at CLT. His lackluster attention to detail and upkeep are his legacy--one that is, apparently, here to stay.

February 25, 2022

1 minute ago, LKN704 said:

If they really made cosmetic changes to the terrazzo as a result of your email, that's amazing they are responsive to customer feedback.

At the same time, if the sanding was only done as a result of customer feedback (and not by some internal quality control team), it's somewhat concerning that the airport/city is willing to just accept and overlook the poor state of repair of ___ (insert terrazzo, rest rooms, etc)...when clearly they have the means and financial resources to correct a half-ass job.

It's amazing just how much worse the flooring is on C compared to A and B. And I still don't understand (and can't get an answer from the airport) as to why carpeting, signage, and seating haven't been upgraded on D and E.

As for what *might* be the airport's response to my email, I took photos and attached them to my message--that's really the only reason I think someone actually read it (the re-sanding was being done only to the sections from the images I sent).

February 25, 2022

I wrote an email to the CLT airport about the sorry state of the new terrazzo flooring on Concourse C. I got no response, but arriving back home yesterday, I noticed the worst sections were roped off and had been re-sanded. Sometimes it pays to be the squeaky wheel.

February 18, 2022

1 hour ago, JBS said:

Look folks, you are creating strawmen in your posts. I've been clear that I'm center right but would never consider voting Republican again (because Trump and his cohorts literally tried to overthrow the government, among other terrible things). Democrats have never done anything similar WHICH IS WHY I VOTED FOR BIDEN, COOPER AND DAN BISHOP'S OPPONENT. To suggest I'm "both-sidesing" things is asinine. I do not support Democrat policies (sorry, I'm center right) and could, one by one, rebut some of the issues they are on the wrong sides of. But it's clear to me that anything other than full allegiance to leftist ideology will be unsatisfactory to this crowd. This type of banter is likely what pushes so many to support a criminal like Trump. Do better please!

Bring on the confused emojis, I revel in them at this point.

Can you please qualify "leftist ideology"? Today's Democratic party (yes, there is an "i" and a "c" at the end of the party's name) is anything BUT left. It's basically to the right of Nixon in 1972. FWIW, I'm a registered independent.

February 14, 2022

On 2/7/2022 at 6:48 PM, LKN704 said:

I wonder what name the carrier will take, or if they will create a brand new identity. Frontier comes across as more customer-centric, and Spirit simply has a lot of negative connotations behind their brand. It's funny...a lot of people don't know this but Frontier up until 2010 or so essentially was the JetBlue of the west...DirecTV at every seat, cheerful/friendly staff, great seats with nice legroom, and free hot snacks/meals...I only flew them once in 2007 from LaGuardia to Denver and they served a very nice hot ham and cheese croissant.

"Fearit" is currently the widely-speculated name of the combined carrier. :whistling:

February 5, 2022

6 hours ago, Madison Parkitect said:

They absolutely are planning to, that's why the developer of the Tyber Creek site isn't able to save the historic Leeper building where it's currently standing.

I thought CDOT had control of South from 277 to Scaleybark? They acquired it from NCDOT during Blue Line construction.

January 21, 2022

23 hours ago, AirNostrumMAD said:

I see your point but I disagree. In some airports, the customers really are the local citizens. Charlotte airport, American Airlines is really the customer.

Dallas is a metropolitan area of 7.6 Million people with 23 Fortune 500 Headquarters. Charlotte has 8.

The other American hubs are at New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Miami & Phoenix, Philadelphia. They have to compete with quality in most of those markets. It’s more important to invest in facilities in those markets, you’re competing for local share. If United offers a superior product (both inflight and at the airport) - why wouldn’t a business traveler prefer United if United also flew to the same destinations and the same frequency? That dynamic isn’t as pronounced in Charlotte. Business travelers don’t have an alternative and are captive to American (unless they don’t care about connecting which most do.)

Though that’s just my opinion. I’m not sure Americans thoughts. But it’s my hunch of why Charlotte’s renovations are just gold rather than great like say RDU’s terminal.

I think CLT airport looks fine. Not fancy and no wow factor but I thought it looked better than most.

I've been in Third World airports that have cleaner restrooms than CLT.

January 16, 2022

Soooo about that Riverside Investment site...

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