Cheers Neptunus, what an inspiring story.
I have narrowed my choices as Qantas here in Aust have dropped their premium economy fares, thats flying an A380.
So the choice is Virgin A340 or Qantas A380, both from Airbus, both with that Fly by Wire. Anyway, I might go A380, just need to do some research re the events that happened with SIA and Qantas in that plane.