What’s amusing about this is that Gerard Blanc, VP of operations for Airbus, calls Noel Forgeard a liar about half way down the article.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...problem17.html
If you go here you can fly your own A380, but you have to add to paperclips so that it simulates the over weight.
http://www.airbus.com/events/farnbor...owncolours.pdf