These common views of a plane nosed into the terminal with the crews buzzing around both sides and the boarding ramp snuggled up to the side turned out to be not as common as I thought. This view with the mountains behind was about my only chance for such a sketch. There were no views like this on our 2 hour wait to board in Calgary. We were jammed into a terminal half its normal size due to construction, and for some reason they also had the windows screened off about 6 or 7' up so no one could see out. Though I had some time to sketch, there would be none of the planes prepping for their next flight. So I had to settle for sketching fellow passengers, and at very close range. They sometimes give you dirty looks when they realize you are committing them to paper- especially when they see how uncomplimentary the sketches are.
As far as the subject of this drawing is concerned, it is interesting just how much can be jammed in around the plane. The airline's goal is to make up for a late arrival by squeezing the cleanup and re stocking into as short a time as possible. They have to unload all the checked bags and reload a whole new set as well.
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