Would 3 abreast, 2-1 seating on a narrowbody make a nice first class?
I don't think so. Direct access to the aisle is a First Class benefit.
The wider fuselage of the Greenliner might provide this benefit for Business, facilitating 1-2-1 seating in business.
Few aircraft with less then 250-300 seats have intercontinental First anyway.. Even airlines like CX, SQ and LH seldom include it. Big aircraft fly big city pair, big city's have First business.
Another thing I tried to include open rotors. That not easy in terms of noise, fibration, wing-engine interference, maintenance access, ground clearance, down wash and blade containment / safety.
In the end I "ducted" the open rotor, adding drag, weight
. Live is full of compromises..
The canard seems is nearly inevitable when moving on to very high BPR's / big rotors / pushers ..
