MK said in part........
"in fact just after the roll-out there was a message on the internal web-site dispelling just these type of rumours!"
You forget the likes of 747FOCAL who continues to post on any possibility of the A380 being a disaster. I think it will look fine when the Graphics types have added the various company logos. Boeing prototypes look awful in their Boeing paint jobs IMHO and only Concorde ever really looked the Dogs Gonads and even its prototype painting was cr*p, AFAIAC.
The A380 looks fine to me and I am sure Airbus have it under control.
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