Part 4 of four
Getting between the space and the door
A vehicle, a driver, fuel and a schedule, running whether or not anybody is aboard. In this city the field is far enough out that this is never a rounding error.
The two entries in this part
- Part 4 of 4, getting between the space and the doorThe First Run and the LastA shuttle day has two edges. Almost everything that goes wrong with off airport parking happens at one of them, and both are askable about in a single telephone call.
- Part 4 of 4, getting between the space and the doorThe Van Is the ProductA driver spends four minutes on the ground and twenty in the van. The ride is the part of this arrangement that is actually experienced, and it is the part quotes describe least.
The four parts
- Part 1 of 4, solid ruleThe ground the car stands onLand near a field is worth what land near a field is worth, and that is the floor under every quote anybody gives you. It is also the part nobody itemizes.
- Part 2 of 4, dashed ruleThe roof over it, or the lack of oneA structure has to be built, lit, drained and maintained. Open ground has to be plowed. Both cost money and they cost it in different months.
- Part 3 of 4, dotted ruleThe person who moves it or watches itSomebody parks it, somebody drives the van, somebody is there at two in the morning when a flight lands late. Labor is the part of a parking price that moves fastest.
- Part 4 of 4, double ruleGetting between the space and the doorA vehicle, a driver, fuel and a schedule, running whether or not anybody is aboard. In this city the field is far enough out that this is never a rounding error.