Dear Editor,
Landing at Princess Juliana Airport.
As always a beautiful sight.
We were picked up swiftly by bus to take us to the arrivals hall.
The bus made a tour through, what seemed to be, a scrap yard before dropping us at the airport building.
We were guided directly into 4 lines leading inside.
(First congestion of flow in the process.)
The policy was that lanes were opened according to arrival time.
(Improvement required.)
The Customs officer was very friendly. Me, personally, experienced difficulties hearing the Customs officer due to a cacophony of sounds in the what felt as a cramped space.
After a blessed afternoon there was Miss Richardson.
Present on behalf of a fancy resort and welcoming all passengers arriving at Princess Juliana Airport.
“Welcome to Paradise!” she smiled all by herself followed by witty remarks after the guests had expressed their shock.
The ant pile around the conveyor belt made most people take a step forward.
Even a classroom felt bigger.
There you are as a solo traveller.
5 rows of people are 2 meters away.
How to get your suitcase?
4 flights have just landed.
The bags come by arrival of the flight.
On the screen it says, Air France belt 1.
What was the sequence of the flights?
Gathered my courage to ask my neighbour for help after we got acquainted,
“Can you look at my bags while I go check if my suitcase is coming?”
“You can ask the men in the yellow shirts,” he suggested.
After a year of no income due to long covid you have the feeling you somehow want to avoid spending this money.
Unfortunately my brain decided to have a sensory overload.
The first one in a yellow shirt was Big Flo.
“I give you 20 usd if you bring my suitcase outside.”
Thank you my fellow Aquarius for saving me there. Some spaces are better to avoid after post covid.
To me it is unclear if there’s international guidelines in regard to how many people can pass through or be in a certain area in case of an emergency.
Is 1 belt enough for an airport size as Princess Juliana Airport?
Although currently not looking forward to it, my friends told me that when I fly out everything looks amazing, spacious, automatic gates and everything.
For now I am enjoying my time just by being here.
God bless.
Nancy Nouwen
