3 Ways to Radically Improve International Arrivals to the U.S.

One can have many experiences arriving into a new city after a 15-hour flight. In some parts of the world, you can quickly and efficiently go through customs as a foreigner, grab your bag if you’ve checked one, and be on your way in clean, efficient public transportation. Good job Zurich and Hong Kong. But, there’s also the all too familiar nightmare scenario experienced by passengers arriving into the United States — and surprisingly some countries like Taiwan and even arriving into Dubai, where you queue up in an undignified herd, waiting for inefficient customs agents to process arrivals without any noticeable effort to expedite. The recurring mystery is: these 777’s and A350’s aren’t sneaking up on anyone. There’s adequate advance notice, b