Easyjet haven't tried to pretend that this is anything other than a concept. Any chance of a slightly more constructive debate here guys?
I have just checked the BBC, and seen that they haven't even bothered commenting -
afaik, they didn't even send a reporter to the event.
Easyjet are an airline, and as LFL rightly says, they aren't in the business of building planes. But they are in the business of buying them, and they have already had a number of modifications (galleys, seats, exits etc) made to the A319s to suit their needs.
This might just be a
PR gesture, but it is still a very serious one. The whole industry needs to wake up, and stop burying its head in the sand. If Airbus and Boeing don't want to make the quantum leap, then I'm sure the likes of Embraer will be watching closely.
Many of the concepts Easyjet have used here are nothing new - so if they are doing some recycling of these ideas, and calling for the engineers concerned to pull their fingers out of their backsides, then fair play. If AH can't quite pull in the attention that the bearded one or Mickey bluemouth can generate then that's a shame, but can we please give the guy some credit for trying?