Jaunted

As an Atlanta resident who just went through this terminal, I can say that I am appalled at the lack of thought and planning given to passengers with Atlanta as their final destination. My flight from Rome gated in Concourse E (even though Concourse F is open and functioning). I then proceeded to walk the length of Concourse E, carrying all my heavy duty-free liquor bottles, passed the old customs area (where those with connecting flights are allowed to go), rode down an elevator that takes you underground (gives new meaning to "Underground Atlanta"), walk underground the entire length of the distance between E and F Concourses--where there are representatives stationed along the walk cheering you on after your 10 hour flight, yelling things like, "you're half way, almost there;" I thought I was running the Atlanta Peachtree Road Race--and then you finally arrive at customs. After customs, you're put out into the heat of Hotlanta, where you (along with hundreds of other people from your same international flight and others) wait for 14-passenger vans that arrive every 20 minutes. After waiting for half an hour for a seat in the tiny vans and barely moving in line, we jumped to the shorter rental car line--also served by 14-passenger vans, but much shorter at that time--and made it to the rental car station, and we then took the rental car tram to the main terminal so that we could get on MARTA...2 hours later. So much for Delta's hometown spirit--those wanting to deplane international flights with the final destination of Atlanta were forgotten in this terminal design.