Comment by 6stringmerc

I've noticed the trend is for higher ceilings wherever possible. I think that does a lot to dissipate congestion vibes and general noise floor.

The old tunnel style gates are of course just glorified cattle slaughterhouse designs, so yeah, they're bad from the start, can't polish those turds.

With the trend toward bigger planes anyway, design has to follow. Now there's a huge issue up in Denver about how long planes might have to taxi to a new gate and burn fuel. No doubt the passenger experience to/from will be...interesting...