Until Toulouse provides some solid data on the turbulence our new super-jumbo creates - we are all guessing as to separation issues.
A few links about WT:
From the USAF - Travis AFB on the C-5:
http://public.travis.amc.af.mil/publ...Turbulence.htm
Great WT study from NASA:
http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/PAIS/Concep...ke_vortex.html
Federal Aviation Administration's Power Point presentation on US Airports A380 Readiness and concerns:
http://www.aci-na.org/docs/NLA%20FAA%20ATC.ppt
The above FAA presentation seems to be cautious regarding the new super-jumbo - maybe Boeing funded the research.
The final word on A380 Wake testing: (as far as I know)
http://www.awgnews.com/shownews/05paris/aircraft01.htm
The laws of aerodynamics are physics in action - and physics laws are immutable. So unless there are radical things going on with WT suppression - it stands to common reason that the super boy (A380) will make a bigger wake than the plain old big boy. (747).
That being said - we have learned to live with the original jumbo just as we'll be able to cope with his bigger brother - or should I say 2nd cousin - twice removed
