A 380 (Merged)

[Nardi Riviera]

Forgive me for technical ignorance, but how can the wiring on 380 be worse off than the pathetic CAPTON “insulation” on the still-flying X-versions of 747? Also - by the time that the 747 was on, the general public were not as inpatient as today.

After all, the 747 flew maaany years before the Capton failure was disclosed by unfortunate multiple-factor accidents. The 380 may fly even longer before something icky turns up. Then why the demand that anything produced nowadays should be infallible?

If Airbus wouldn’t go for it, then Boeing would be free to give us whatever they wanted. It’s called “competition” or “free enterprise”, or whatever you choose.

Can’t recall that the 747 (which was way ahead it’s time) encountered such a barrage. When somebody goes where no man has ventured before, pls give them some leeway!

When the 747 came about, there was an issue about i.e. airport gates. In “no time”, airports adapted to the public demand for bigger aircraft, and the rest is history.

After all, Airbus was the first to implement computer-controlled a/c. Their first tries were not to brag about, but so has been a fact all during the evolution of flight.

Like anything we buy these days, things are not expected to last very long (low-cost = low quality). Throw-away-items goes, whether it relates to things or service.

I dig Boeing, but still marvel re the cooperation that the Airbus venture have managed in an previously divided Europe (hey, only 90 yrs ago those small countries actually were at war!)

Wouldn’t mind if somebody here would sum up the core of these discussions…