The Mind-Blowing Life Inside The World's Busiest Airport 

The hero we don't know about.

Interesting response. Hope it pays well because I'm sure it's a lot of pressure for staff.

Why doesn't Atlanta call it's taxi way Delta if your ATC like you say you are

@@GamingWithMaddogBecause it can lead to confusion when you’re at an airport where Delta has 800 departures.

@@spades9048 I already knew The answer to that question but you Still didn't answer my question what do they call the taxi way then be quick and don't Google it

What do they call it then he quick don't look it up

It's not original material and has been on RU-vid before.

It's not original material and has been on RU-vid before.

@@billyfouronesix interesting, thanks!

It's not original material and has been on RU-vid before.

Thank you for all the work that you do.

it's been on RU-vid before. Guess the people who made it aren't concerned with copyright issues.

It's not original material and has been on RU-vid before.

It's not original material and has been on RU-vid before.

Most airports are the exact same way, you would be surprised how the behind the scenes operations works and just how interconnected everything is. Even with this video, airport operations is almost as incredible as a beehive or ant hill at work. Day in and day out..24 hours a day 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Dallas ( AA HQ trams are some of the most reliable and efficient airport train system)

It's not original material and has been on RU-vid before.

too slow, WAY too much infrastructure required, and impractical for a huge country like america

Understandable

Atlanta is a much better candidate for a hub for both of those airports especially in the winter when it gets cold up north. Plus without delta Atlanta wouldn’t be anything so they get multiple benefits at the airport other airlines wouldn’t have.

Personally force my DL connections through Raleigh, Cincinnati, or DTW when I can in the summer just to avoid the Deep South storms. SLC is a slept on connecting hub if I’m going to the west coast or south west but not LAX

That's pretty simplistic logic, which is illogical for all of the moving parts. I love Hartsfield, even though they sent my luggage to Frankfort, KY instead of Frankfurt, Germany...

If you have any type of mechanical or electrical skills try and get a job in the facilities maintenance department. It will pay a lot better than working on the ramp.

agree 100%

I work on the conveyor systems for one of the major airlines so if this ends up being a bit long winded, I apologize. The luggage tags that you put on your bag get laser scanned and entered into the baggage control computer. That happens when you initially check your bags. Once it is placed on the conveyor it will go through the x-ray systems and then to a bag tag reader (that is a laser scanner that reads your tag again). From there on out the computer knows where the bag is on the conveyor system by using a combination of photo eyes and tachometer encoders. Each individual section of the conveyor will have a photo eye, and a reflector, mounted on it , as well as a tach encoder.The tach encoders are mounted on a belt roller shaft. They tell the computer how fast the belt is running in feet per minute (Meters per minute in metric countries). The photo eye and reflector are mounted opposite each other on the outside of the side panels of each conveyor section. There are holes in the left and right hand side panels about an inch up from the conveyor belt. One of the holes will have the photo eye mounted such that it will shoot a beam of light across the conveyor belt to a reflector plate that is mounted over the opposite hole. When the bag interrupts the light beam it sends a signal to the computer letting it know that a bag just went by. That starts a timer. Because the computer knows how fast the belt is traveling it will also know when the bag is supposed to go by the next photo eye and reflector. It does this for every section of the conveyor belt. The short belts will only have a single photo eye setup. The long belts will have multiple photo eyes. If the next photo eye does not sense a bag going by it within the prescribed time limits, or if a photo eye has a bag blocking the light beam for too long, it will shut down the affected area of the conveyor system. That’ is when mechanic has to go clear the jam and restart the belt line. There are other things that will cause the conveyor system to shut down but what i wrote is the basic gist of how the system works. When the bag has gone past the requisite number of photo eyes it will be diverted onto either a luggage pier or carousel. That is where the ramp workers will load the bags on to the baggage trailers to take them to the planes. The ramp workers will again scan the tags to let the computer know that the bag has made to them. Scanning the tag also ensures that the bag is going to the correct flight. That tag with the bar code is what keeps track of your bag. When the tag is printed out there are two small peel and stick bar codes on the tag. Make sure that you peel them off of the tag and adhere them to your luggage in an area where they will not peel off very easily. Also put your name, phone number, and address on a piece of paper INSIDE your luggage on the off chance that the bag tag gets torn off of your bag. The airlines don’t want your luggage and they make every effort to get it back to you if it comes up missing. An Air Tag inside your bag is also a great idea. I hope that this answered your question. 😀

Go get them deputy Fife

Looks to me like from 2018

Yeah, can't be that old, cos people are using boarding cards on their phones and it refers to a luggage app

It's not original material and has been on RU-vid before.

And they have automatic toilet seat covers!

This was narrated by a fairly well known British actor, so I am not sure why you think his accent is dodgy. It sounds perfectly normal to me, with a slight Northern twang

It's not original material and has been on RU-vid before.

It's not original material and has been on RU-vid before.

TSA. Thieves Stealing Anything. LOL

@@ssmt2 🤣

One of the best airports I’ve ever flown out off or connected from

@@debbiegiles9144same here

@@debbiegiles9144 I agree Atlanta is so efficient

great airport

Always my connecting airport

❤

When you get on the train, HOLD ON.

@@sellm_bc_arwhite4249 🤣🤣🤣its that rough

I live here and love Atlanta area!