The former Hong Kong governor Christopher Patten said in his “the Obama effect” article that “American airports are as dire as British ones, maybe worse. Los Angeles gets the Oscar, with Soviet-style queues through security….and third world infrastructure……”
My personal experience in the US recently ... getting through the Los Angeles airport ...confirmed what the Patten said. Each incoming passengers will be subject to immigration officials questions and the printing of all the fingers and camera recordings. From landing till leaving the airport took every passengers almost one hour . Just to enter the world’s most respected , most liberal and most efficient country.
The process of departure is also not the same as other countries in the world. Usually in most airports all the check-in luggages just go through security check. Then handed over to the airline check-in counter and at the same time collect the boarding passes. That's all.
Whereas in the Los Angeles airport passengers go direct to the airline check-in counter to weigh the check-in luggages and obtain boarding passes then must move all the luggages personally to the security deportment for checking one by one. Regardless of whether you are the first class or economic class passengers all must wait patiently!
All international passengers from leaving the hotel till finishing the ride to the airport security spend more then three hours of time!
If the United States wish to earn more money from the tourist industry then she should try to treat tourists well! Offer visitors a good impression to improve the safety inspections methods and shorten the time of immigration check-in. At the Los Angeles airport passengers were order to take off their shores for security check! It’s not a scientific way of checking in a well developed scientific country!
美国应善待游客
前香港总督彭定康在他的“The Obama Effect”的文章中说：“美国的机场和英国同样糟糕，可能更甚！洛杉矶机场存在着苏联式的安全检查制度和第三世界的基础设施！……”
我最近到美国，也在洛杉矶机场进出境，亲自体验到令人讨厌的检查过程，应证了彭定康所说确实。每个入境旅客差不多都必须经过移民局官员的考问，和印下所有手指模及照相存案。从下飞机到提取行李离开机场足足花了一个多小时的时间，才能带着“终于过关了”的心情踏入这个号称世界最尊重人权、最自由、最有办事效率的国境。
离境的过程情况，和世界上其他各国也不太相同，一般机场的登机惯例是先把行李通过安全检查，然后交给航空公司称重入仓，领取登机证便完事。但在洛杉矶机场却不相同，旅客将行李交给航空公司称重领取登机证后，必须亲自将行李再搬到安全检查部门排队等候检查，不管你是头等舱或经济舱旅客，都要耐心地等待。最重视时间的美国，在这里旅客的时间就不值钱了！每个旅客从离开酒店搭车到机场到办完安全检查手续，可以登机几乎要花上3个小时以上的时间！
美国如果要赚取更多游客的钱，就应该善待游客，给游客留下好印象，学习新加坡和中国，改善安全检查的方法和缩短出入境的时间，在洛杉矶机场每个出境旅客都必须脱鞋安全检查在一个科学强国实在太不科学了！
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