Airport driving

About a week ago, Uber finally was allowed to go and pick up at LAX.  Something I have been hoping to do for awhile.  Yet, when it finally happened, I was left a little...confused.

See the way it is set up, the Uber driver heads to an area in Westchester, hits a location and has to wait around for a ping off their app.  However, drivers will be waiting around, and can't get another fare until they either get a ping from the airport or leave the area and leave "the queue."

Not really a bad thing.  But it seems a little to convoluted to me personally.  I am sure there is a reason for it, but to me it is wonky.  That doesn't mean I won't try it.  Probably this weekend I will get out some tape and stick the placards up.

Which leads me to another quibble.  Something I thought I would get is an Uber placard with some kind of holder that had some kind of adhesive.  Nope.  I just toss it onto my dashboard.  I also use to throw it in front of me on the driver's side.  Yet, I was told by a police officer at the airport about three months ago that it has to be in the passenger's side.  (I had been driving for about eight months at that point, never really got any kind of info on where it was suppose to be.  But it is possible I missed something in the landslide of emails.)

Now, this doesn't mean I have never been to LAX.  Been there very often dropping people off.  I have discovered a few things while doing this.

1) I dislike the airport.  It is to crowded and the traffic is horrible.

2) I really hate people who use American Airlines.  It is in one corner of the airport, the far corner next to Bradely International.  There is no way to take a short cut, I have to drive the entire length of the airport to drop off and then get out.  (But, this is the job I took, so a minor quibble.)  See point 1.

3) Until recently, it was illegal for me to pick people up.  I did it anyway, but still it was a hassle.

And the problem is it is still a hassle to pick people up at the airport.  Not only do I have to go wait in Westchester waiting for the ping, the "fare" needs to head up to the arrival section of the airport and wait at one of five places.  So, people who have been on a long flight, with who knows how much luggage, have to lug there way to one of five places throughout the airport.  There are eight terminals, and a few places in LAX are pretty far from the pick up points.

Maybe they will add more later, yet I doubt it.