Launching 777 in 1990 United forced Boeing to “treat us at a new level of respect (to) work with us to deliver something(never)delivered before(:a)service-ready airplane (that)works” K.Sabbagh,21st.Century Jet,Scribner,96,P53: that author had "access".
Very grizzled Ppruners remember concrete tie-downs on a couple of dozen 747-100 gliders, Everett, 1970. That got fixed and the type transformed all our lives. Don't gloat about A380, just wait for the same outcome.