757 VERSUS AIRBUS
From my personal experience as a passenger only, the shortest take offs and steepest climbs that I have experienced are on the Boeing 757, perhaps due to the load factor and typical routes.
I oft recall departing the relatively short runway at GLA on a short hop to LHR or PMI or ALC, and the darned 757 would appear to hardly get enough revs up, but alas, off into the sky it went like a rocket and climbing ferociously. I was always left with the feeling that the take off run hadn't been completed properly!!
Lovely aircraft in all respects. Do those of you who pilot it like it too??
I often fly as pax on 340 and 330 too, so only too well know what the original poster is referring to.