1.
SV PASSENGER AROUND COUNTER IN AIRPORT LOUNGE (2 SHOTS)
0.10

2.
SV MAN LEAVES TICKET VENDING MACHINE AND WOMAN APPROACHES
0.14

3.
CU WOMAN INSERTS CREDIT CARD
0.18

4.
CU WOMAN PRESSES "NO RESERVATION" BUTTON
0.20

5.
SG & CU DESTINATION PANEL LIGHTS UP WOMAN SELECTS NEW YORK (2 SHOTS)
0.24

6.
CU CLASS PANEL LIGHTS UP AND WOMAN SELECTS "FIRST CLASS" AND TIME OF FLIGHT SHOWN
0.29

7.
CU WOMAN SELECTS ROUND TRIP BUTTON
0.32

8.
SV MAN WORKING COMPUTER
0.34

9.
CU COMPUTER
0.37

10.
SV WOMAN RECEIVING TICKET FROM MACHINE
0.43

11.
SV TICKET AGENTS WORKING AT COUNTER
0.48

12.
SV PASSENGERS WALKING THROUGH CORRIDOR
0.51

13.
GV AIRCRAFT TAXIING
0.56



Initials JB/N/AE



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Background: WITH JUMBO JETS DUE TO GO INTO SERVICE SHORTLY THE SUPER JETS WILL MEAN SUPER-SIZED CROWDS AT AIRPORTS, AND, WITH THEM SUPER PROBLEMS. ONE AMERICAN AIRLINE HAS BEGUN EXPERIMENTING WITH A SPECIAL "INSTANT TICKET" MACHINE TO HELP GET PASSENGERS ABOARD AIRCRAFT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

IN 1968 UNITED SATES AIRLINES CARRIED SOME ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION PASSENGERS.......BY 1975 THE VOLUME OF PASSENGERS IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE TO 3-HUNDRED MILLIONS.

IN AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE PASSENGERS QUICKLY, AMERICAN AIRLINES IS EXPERIMENTING WITH DO-IT-YOURSELF TICKET MACHINES LINKED TO A COMPUTER. THE MACHINE CAN ISSUE A TICKET IN SECONDS. THE MACHINE ACCEPTS A SPECIAL CREDIT CARD. IT HAS ELEVEN DESTINATIONS TO CHOSE FROM, AND WHEN ONE IS SELECTED THE MACHINE SHOWS TIME OF THE NEXT AVAILABLE DEPARTURE.

THE MACHINE DOES NOT REPLACE THE TICKET AGENTS.... BUT IT DOES ALLOW HIS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE PASSENGER WHO NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION WHILE GETTING OTHER PASSENGERS ABOARD THEIR AIRCRAFT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.