corklad
wind your neck in there feen. You're making yourself look like an awful gowl.
Comparing a 100 seat ERJ with a 555+ seat Airbus and referring to the 787 as better than a plastic bus when the 787 is being sold on its weight savings due composites is truly the stuff of rampant fanboy airliners.net stuff - the only difference seems to be that Danny doesn't force people to pay before posting and airliners does. Maybe he should take note.
The 787 is an excellent aircraft for the North American market which is leaning more towards point to point but the A380 is not necessarily tailored for that market except serving high density slot restricted markets like JFK-LHR/CDG/FRA. Can't put 2 787s on if you've only got one slot.
Embraer does produce some nice aircraft, Air Canada just got some, but remember they get massive taxpayer support proportional to company size from Brazil which makes it easier to kick Bombardier around. Embraer are only now (with the 195) coming to the point of competing with Airbus and Boeing products.
As for longer runways, A380 is quite well accommodated by existing 744 capable runways (see this week's flight on their FAA prompted testing on 45m wide strips) and likely less stressful on said runways than a 773ER (ask Air France).
The RAF may have selected Tucano (which I seem to recall was not a completely happy choice but you are free to ask those in Mil Forum) but they have also selected A330K over 767K if they ever get the Treasury to open the purse.
As for your points on FR - kinda off topic no? Also I think you should post your own picture before sounding off on spotty easyjetters.