Peter Landesman

Consider today's traveling environment - arriving at the airport 2-2-1/2 hours before your flight after parking your car in a remote lot. You're spending unproductive time waiting to go through multiple security procedures. Then, consider the time you spend waiting for your flight to take off. You'll probably be sharing that flight with at least 150 strangers. When you arrive at your destination, an endless walk awaits through expansive concourses. Then you spend more unproductive time attending to your baggage and ground transportation. And your experience is the same whether you're paying the premium prices for first-class travel or a bargain fare.   And it doesn't look to get any better in the future. Airline traffic is expected to double by the year 2015 and few additional runways are planned. Fewer new major airports are proposed beyond the 450 or so that curre... (more)