Romulus why defend or make a position when you clearly havent a clue what your talking about.Definate management material.The A380 chews up more manpower than any other aircraft.Of course you can go with less but the hold items will increase and the customer satisfaction level will decrease.Previous and current management havent a clue what is actually required manpower wise to push this aircraft through each port.All they are concerned about is lowering the cost.The board should be horrified that so many fools are actually trying and failing to run this business.Most if not all things introduced that actually work have been through the actions of the guys on the floor.Every time a manager decides to try his hand he fails dismally.