"They should be able to do it blindfolded, " DFW Battalion Chief Randall Rhodes said.
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The problem is that with traffic DFW is a long drive--upward of an hour or more--from Dallas.
At DFW, for example, the walking path in Terminal D is 1, 269 steps or 0.6 miles end-to-end.
"Everything is twice as challenging on the A380, " said Alan Black, head of DFW's Department of Public Safety.
WSJ: Airplane Fires: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport's Firefighter Training
If Southwest had had to operate out of DFW, its short-hop business would never have gotten off the ground.
At DFW Airport, travelers in and out of Terminal D and the Skylink train stations are greeted by a multimillion-dollar display of murals and sculpture.
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DFW's 79, 000 flights a month make it the nation's busiest airport.
The DFW center includes a high-tech classroom with a wall-size touch screen where firefighters can walk through layouts of planes and familiarize themselves with seats, doors and cockpits.
WSJ: Airplane Fires: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport's Firefighter Training
At DFW, a UFood Grill, which features baked, steamed or grilled food (no frying) and dishes with brown rice and vegetables, replaced a deli and is doing twice the volume, without affecting McDonald's, either.
It sure would be nice to be able to land within 15 miles of my family homestead instead of struggling through the maze of DFW Airport then having to contend with the traffic congestion that plagues it.
Among the carrier's recent initiatives, she said, is working with DFW Airport to rebuild the baggage transfer system at its terminal, a process that's in bidding right now, while modifying the Embraer so it can carry more weight.
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