Talk:Pittsburgh International Airport

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Removed ref to airplane crash. Don't see how it is relevant. Or, if it is (maybe to figure out if one wants to fly there) it seems to me all airplane crashes should be added to the airports near their occurance.


The intro reads like an advertisement. Could probably use some POV help. Rdore 19:36, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

I agree, also could someone familiar with PIT include the annual amount of passengers that use this airport?

jetBlue has announced service starting in June, but they have already been placed in Concourse C on the KPIT page? Is there any confirmation of this? D seems to be a more likely choice unless they are taking Indpendence Air's old gate.

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[edit] Logos not fair use?

Ok maybe I should head over to the Final Four site, the city sports sections, corporate description sites here at wiki to delete all those logos??!

Someone please give me some guidance on this, I'll add them back by late May.Hholt01 19:23, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I personally have no knowledge about "fair use" of these logos, but I personally am for them. Perhaps when they come back, maybe even using the express airlines in smaller format?

[edit] Innovations bad news?

Seems like someone was more concerned about "equal time" in the innovations section then the simple facts.

First I have used the Airport Wi-Fi maybe hundreds of time and NEVER been hacked and never heard of anyone being hacked, Pittsburgh has a "state of the art" Wi-Fi network according to their webpage and the bevy brain talent that Carnegie-Mellon, Pittsburgh SuperComputing Center, U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team HQ, Ariba, Seagate, Google, Apple and Rand Corp. in the city of Pittsburgh provide would seem to indicate that having the Wi-Fi network be among the most secure in the world only takes a few professors or engineers a half a tank of gas and a couple of WDVE songs to maintain.

Also I find it curious that a blanket statement about the increased risks with any Wi-Fi network would find itself in a statement not about the technical aspects of Wi-Fi vis-a-vi wired but in a statement highlighting the fact that one airport was first to build a free system open to all of a certain technology. Shouldn't the blanket statements about non-specific risk factors of Wi-Fi be saved for the page discussing Wi-Fi and not the Pittsburgh Airport, unless of course someone had a citation on hacking taking place at PIT which as a Post-Gazette, Pgh Business Times and Pittsburghlive junkie I'd be very impressed to read about finally (cause I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have ever skipped over that headline).Hholt01 06:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

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Also the statement about the food not being street priced, I do think a few items could use a real-world check on food however overall I don't see much difference between food prices at the airport, downtown Pittsburgh, Sewickley, Oakland, Monroeville, Northshore, Southside, Strip District and the like. Again I think you would need a citation to rebut a few hundred web resources that claim that the Airport is indeed street pricing. I am sure that if you compared PIT to the Eastend, Monessen or Aliquippa you would find it a bit pricey but I wouldn't think you would fly all the way to Pittsburgh to eat in Monessen, and please don't be there after sunset ok.Hholt01 06:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

The picture inside of the infobox needs to be replaced because of the pixel distortion. --Weatherman1126 (talk) 17:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Can any of the pictures available through PIT's website be used to replace the one taken down?Mezzanoitaliano 02:01, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Not recommended. A picture can easily be taken at the airport; a free image. One taken from a website is not a free image. Thanks. --Weatherman1126 (talk) 05:08, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
      • I actually meant the ones under media relations, but if this is what you were referring to, I understand. Problem with pictures at the airport is that there's no good spot to get a full overview of the airport in its entirety, unless it was settled on just the Core of the Airside, or the front of the Landside Terminal.Mezzanoitaliano 05:51, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
          • Good point. I had my camera there the other day, but I couldn't find a good spot to take any pictures. Where was the picture that used to be on this page taken? I've never seen a fountain there. Thanks. --Weatherman1126 (talk) 17:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
            • The fountain is in the center of the departure drop-off area across the road from the landside terminal.Mezzanoitaliano 18:14, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
              • Looking through some pics I have, I see I have one from the ticketing hall in Pittsburgh. Does anyone have an opinion on this one? If not liked, I was just there twice this weekend and might be able to get another shot next time. The airside terminal would be more difficult since it's beyond security.

[edit] Removing Neutrality Despute

I don't and haven't seen anything dicussed here concerning the neutrality, so I will remove it unless someone choses to share their view here, thank you. Hholt01 09:29, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Through hub direct service not included

Someone should go through the other airports (Asian airports with service from Northwest Airlines offhand) and delete those as well. I tried one time and was told those were acceptable. mezzanoitaliano 9 November 2006

[edit] E terminal

E terminal is not closed, I added about 30% to this article since inception I am hholt01 username, E terminal is not closed, since I walked in it 5 times in the last 30 days, repeat E terminal is not closed, if you wish to accuse users of vandalism please fly to Pittsburgh and walk into the E terminal since as I repeat, the E terminal is not closed, that is the E terminal, not closed. Thank you. 65.33.68.113 04:42, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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