Name: 登機情況可能截然不同 (Boarding planes could have been very different)
Uploaded: 2025-05-23T07:34:30.000Z
Duration: 5 min 9 s

情態副詞

If you're boarding a big aircraft, the kind of large Boeing or Airbus that goes across the Atlantic, you'll probably get on and off the plane using a jet bridge.

如果您乘坐的是橫跨大西洋的波音或空中客車等大型飛機，您可能會通過噴氣橋上下飛機。

That's the movable, extendable corridor that connects the terminal to the plane.

那是連接航站樓和飛機的可移動、可延伸的走廊。

程度副詞

But sometimes, the plane will have to park at what's called a remote stand, just a spot that's assigned in the middle of the tarmac.

但有時，飛機必須停在所謂的遠程停機位上，即停機坪中央的一個指定位置。

And so as the rain piles down, some cold and tired airport staff will roll a set of stairs up, and you end up riding a slow and crowded airport bus instead.

是以，當大雨傾盆而下時，一些又冷又累的機場工作人員會把樓梯推上來，而你最終只能乘坐緩慢而擁擠的機場巴士。

I guess you do get to skip the long walk through the terminal, and it's great if you're the sort of aviation geek who likes looking behind the scenes at an airport, but it's not ideal if you have a connection to make.

如果你是那種喜歡看機場幕後的航空怪才，那就太好了，但如果你要轉機，那就不太理想了。

The last time I flew into Montreal, here in Canada, the aircraft door opened, and on the other side was what looked like a strange bus on stilts.

上次我飛抵加拿大蒙特利爾時，機艙門打開了，另一邊是一輛像高蹺一樣的奇怪巴士。

There were three of them, passenger transport vehicles, PTVs, one connected to each door of the plane.

其中有三輛客運車（PTV），飛機的每個艙門各連接一輛。

我想我有了一個新的視頻創意。

We have eight PTVs that are in use right now at Montreal Trudeau Airport.

蒙特利爾特魯多機場目前正在使用八臺 PTV。

Of course, we always strive to do gating directly, but during summer season or some peak season during wintertime, we have no choice but to use remote parking.

當然，我們一直努力直接進行門禁，但在夏季或冬季的一些高峰期，我們別無選擇，只能使用遠程停車場。

During our peak season, on a regular day, we receive a bit more than 500 flights here at Montreal Trudeau.

在我們的旺季，蒙特利爾特魯多機場每天都要接待 500 多架次班機。

And of those 500 flights, about 10 to 15 of them will be remotely gated with a PTV.

在這 500 個班機中，約有 10 至 15 個班機將使用 PTV 進行遠程控制。

The idea came from legendary architect Eero Saarinen, as part of his plan for Washington Dulles Airport, which still also uses them.

這個想法來自傳奇建築師埃羅-沙裡寧（Eero Saarinen），是他為華盛頓杜勒斯機場所做規劃的一部分。

They were promoted in a short film produced by his friends, equally legendary designers Charles and Ray Eames.

他的朋友、同樣具有傳奇色彩的設計師查爾斯-伊姆斯（Charles Eames）和雷-伊姆斯（Ray Eames）製作了一部短片，對它們進行了宣傳。

And that film shows exactly the sort of late-50s luxury techno-optimism that wouldn't survive the next few decades.

而這部電影所展現的正是 50 年代末期的豪華科技樂觀主義，這種樂觀主義在接下來的幾十年裡將無法生存。

Saarinen's original plan was that airport terminals would work much like they do now, but smaller, with boarding doors close together.

根據沙裡寧的最初計劃，機場航站樓的工作方式與現在差不多，但規模要小一些，登機門要緊靠在一起。

When it was time to board, a mobile lounge would dock to the terminal, everyone would get on board, and they'd be taken out to the remote stand in comfort.

到了登機時間，移動休息室會停靠在航站樓上，每個人都會上車，然後被送到舒適的遠程看臺。

Less space needed, less walking, less noise near the terminal, easier for everyone.

所需的空間更小，步行更少，終點站附近的噪音更小，對每個人來說都更方便。

There are photos of mobile lounges lined up outside brand-new shiny terminals that were designed for them.

有照片顯示，在專為他們設計的嶄新閃亮的航站樓外，移動休息室一字排開。

When passengers see them arriving, they know that they're not going to have to go outside in the rain, in the snow, with their luggage.

當乘客看到他們到達時，就知道他們不必在雨中或雪地裡帶著行李出門了。

For people with reduced mobility, it's more efficient.

對於行動不便的人來說，這樣更有效率。

For parents, and all the stuff that goes with travelling with children, it's easier.

對於父母來說，帶著孩子旅行的所有事情都變得簡單了。

A PTV can welcome between 100 and 120 passengers per trip, while a regular bus is more in the mid-70s, 75 passengers.

PTV 每趟可接待 100 到 120 名乘客，而普通公車則多在 70 到 75 名乘客之間。

Montreal's PTVs here are a more modern variant called the PlaneMate.

蒙特利爾的 PTV 是一種更現代的變體，名為 PlaneMate。

The original lounges were smaller than this, and instead of lifting up on stilts, they extended a boarding ramp that went out at an incline, because the planes they were connecting to were smaller too.

最初的候機室比現在的小，而且因為接駁的飛機也比現在的小，所以候機室沒有用高蹺升起，而是延伸出一個傾斜的登機坡道。

Back then, a fully-loaded jet might have 100 passengers.

那時，一架滿載的飛機可能有 100 名乘客。

The largest modern planes have four or five times that.

最大的現代飛機有四五倍之多。

Airport terminals were getting bigger, not just to accommodate planes, but also sheer numbers of people.

機場航站樓越來越大，不僅能容納飛機，還能容納更多的人。

Now, these newer versions are bigger, and to dock with the plane, they lift themselves up with a screwdriver.

現在，這些新版本更大了，要與飛機對接，它們需要用螺絲刀將自己抬起來。

They're to cover up the poles that the entire cabin is lifting itself along.

它們是用來掩蓋整個機艙的升降杆的。

We do the maintenance and operations of the PTVs.

We acquired the manufacturing rights in the year 2000, so we have all the engineering drawings and everything.

我們在 2000 年獲得了生產權，是以我們擁有所有的工程圖紙和一切資料。

I would say now we got it down to probably less than 20% that is custom.

我想說的是，現在我們已經把定製的比例降到了 20% 以下。

The rest is off-the-shelf parts that we can get.

其餘的都是我們能買到的現成部件。

We have built new ones, and right now we are looking at retrofitting them to electrical.

我們已經建造了新的，現在我們正在考慮將它們改裝成電氣設備。

Our mechanics, every day, do a walk-around.

我們的機械師每天都要進行巡視。

We guarantee 99.8% efficiency to the airport.

So why didn't these end up being used around the world?

那麼，為什麼這些設備最終沒有在世界各地使用呢？

Eero Saarinen blamed the cost, and that was certainly a factor.

埃羅-沙裡寧（Eero Saarinen）指責成本太高，這當然是一個因素。

Planes getting bigger was another, and the former head of the Washington Airports Authority said that passengers don't like them because we want autonomy.

另一個原因是飛機越來越大，華盛頓機場管理局前局長說，乘客不喜歡飛機，因為我們想要自主權。

We want to get off the damn plane and walk for a bit under our own power.

我們想下了這該死的飛機，靠自己的力量走一段路。

But if you ask me, I think the main reason is that in 1958, the same year that animated film was made, the first modern jet bridge was also installed.

但如果你問我，我認為主要原因是在 1958 年，也就是動畫電影製作的同一年，第一座現代噴氣橋也安裝完畢。

There was one victory for that luxury techno-optimism, though.

不過，這種奢華的技術樂觀主義還是取得了一次勝利。

The end of that film shows mobile loungers at a surely soon-to-arrive spaceport.

影片結尾展示了一個肯定即將到達的太空港的移動躺椅。

And while, sadly, no-one's boarding a Pan Am flight to the Moon any time soon, NASA did buy a couple of plane mates for astronaut transport.

遺憾的是，雖然沒有人在短期內登上泛美航空公司飛往月球的班機，但美國國家航空航天局（NASA）確實購買了幾架用於運送太空人的飛機。

There's nothing wrong with mobile loungers.

在蒙特利爾，它們仍然很好用。

But when airports were expanding and had to choose, most of them decided that jet bridges were just a little bit easier and cheaper.

但是，當機場不斷擴大，必須做出選擇時，大多數機場都認為噴氣式登機橋更方便、更便宜。

I'm not allowed to drive this, by the way.

順便說一句，我不能開這輛車。

Like, thank you to everyone from Montreal Airport for letting me sit here and for all the access they've given me, but I'm not allowed to drive this.

比如，感謝蒙特利爾機場的各位讓我坐在這裡，感謝他們給了我這麼多機會，但我不能駕駛這輛車。