Airports

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

Comedy, Flightless Bird, Documentary, Society & Culture, David Farrier

5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand the American airport, and what makes it tick. Why are the top seven busiest airports in the world all based in America, and what does that mean for the traveler? David sets off for the world’s third business airport - Denver - to dig into the various conspiracy theories surrounding the airport. Why does it greet passengers with a giant terrifying mustang with glowing red eyes, and did it really kill the artist who made it? David descends into the huge underground network of tunnels under the airport to find out what’s really going on there, and tries to find answers to the strange, apocalyptic artwork on display at the terminals.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm David Ferrier, the New Zealander accidentally maroons in America, and I want to figure out what makes this country tick.
0:07.0	Now when I got to America over a year ago now, I arrived at an
0:15.0	airport, Los Angeles International Airport.
0:16.0	I'd liken that visit to LAX is entering the lower depths of hell.
0:19.0	An intense first experience in America involving America's favorite pastime queuing up and align.
0:26.1	I've thought a lot about Ali X since then and was surprised to find out that despite the
0:30.1	chaos it's only the fifth busiest airport in America with 48 million the million more travelers passing through its airport than LAX did.
0:43.7	Number two is Dallas Fort Worth with 62 million travelers last year.
0:48.1	And at number three, Denver with 59 million.
0:52.0	Those are the busiest airports in America,
0:54.5	and they're also the top three busiest airports on the entire planet.
0:58.5	The top seven busiest airports in the world are all American.
1:01.5	Number 8 finally goes to China. I suppose the
1:05.1	busyness of major American airports can also be their downfall, a
1:09.0	purgatory between one place and the next, the weight becoming too much for some.
1:14.0	This morning, United Airlines firing this wheelchair attendant at Newark Airport after this viral video shows
1:20.5	former NFL player Brandon Langley and the employee in a violent brawl.
1:25.6	I want to know what makes American airports so popular and so American.
1:30.8	So get ready to remove those smelly shoes in that belt buckle and throw that water bottle in the bin immediately because this is the airports episode.
1:40.0	Flagless.
1:42.0	Flagless. Flagless.
1:45.0	Flightless bird touchdown in America.
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