EADSYABSOB73857 wrote:At Terminal A this morning going to LAX on DL, and the terminal is pretty busy, lots of flights going in and out and big crowds. Things are getting back to normal. One thing I’m noticing while sitting in the Sky Club in the satellite terminal looking out over the airside toward the cargo facilities… if there was going to be an addition put on in the future, I’m not sure how they would do it or even if it could be done. That ventilation building is right at the end of the concourse, there would have to be a really sharp curve, like a 90 degree angle, in the addition to go around the building out towards the cargo facilities.
It wouldn't be that difficult. If you just want a connecting walkway to a new concourse on top of the cargo facilities, build a wider version of the structure which connects the terminal to the passenger loading bridge for gate A13 and continue south next to the ventilation building. Alternately, if a full-width concourse is necessary, angle into the ramp just past current gate A15. That might require restricting the types of aircraft which could park at A13 or A14.
Ideally, I think the design for gates in the existing South Cargo area would include an underground people mover with stops at the Terminal A head house, the AA pier of Terminal B (B4-B12), and a double-loaded satellite concourse in the cargo area. This would allow both AA and DL room for growth at BOS. A connecting walkway to the existing A satellite would just make connections less circuitous between the two satellite concourses.