Why do U.S. international airports lack ‘sterile’ international connections areas that don’t require you to clear U.S. customs in order to connect on an international flight, like airports in many other countries have?
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Practically, it’s to avoid having to station USCBP and perform the required renovations at airports like Bumfuck Nowhere International, MT, with one weekly service to Rat’s Ass International, SK.
The US can also throw around a disproportionate amount of weight in international aviation regulations, despite being a fairly small transit hub, simply by being able to pull the ‘we invented the first practical aerodyne’ card as well as the ‘we made your planes, shush’ card.
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