The news message from this topicstart was a little old, wasn't it? The Paris air show had already finished when this was posted, and apparantly it has been quite a succesful week for Airbus.
Anyway, the A380-bashing is childish at best, not something one would expect on a forum for professional pilots.
So, to provide a little balance to this "discussion",
here's a story that shows what a truly remarkable aircraft this really is. I think that's the sort of stuff
real aviation enthousiasts should talk about.