Take on the New LaGuardia

When Cuomo and Vice President Biden sat down at a midtown luncheon to announce the findings of a study on the antiquated LaGuardia airport they spent hours taking bows for the bold steps they were suggesting to spruce up the dilapidated hellhole that is the worst wipeout in America.  First of all there is nothing less "LaGuardia" than a midtown luncheon, the average flier into that dump has no business at the Four Seasons and the experience is nothing resembling the service you'd get at the airport but let's leave that visual for now 

After some kind of exhaustive planning event they came up with the following

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, plans to spend about $4 billion on the overhaul, most of which will go toward tearing down the Central Terminal Building, rebuilding it in place and augmenting it with a grand entrance.

The article continued to say the new LaGuardia would be complete by 2021 which is about as realistic as expecting Fiorello LaGuardia himself to rise from his grave to break ground on it.   The Port Authority took 15 years to rebuild the World Trade Center which is still not complete and that was with the support of the entire world behind it, this project could take 25 years to take on.  They also have a new water taxi idea and a couple of connecting bridges but all the real meat on the improvements have to do with redoing that middle terminal which admittedly a disaster but on the list of pressing needs way at the bottom of the list.  

The major issue with LaGuardia has nothing to do with an open concourse or a better place to get a $6 slice of pizza, it is the miserable delays that start with the first departure and run through the last arrival.  If this commission can come up with a way to add about four runways, eliminate the air traffic from JFK and Newark and somehow lift the fog over the entire bay they may have my attention but until then...I doubt this makes any difference at all. 

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