Originally Posted by boog
The a380 is a manpower pig no matter how you spin it. It will always require extra engineers in comparison to a 747. It's over-complicated, over-sized, fragile and unreliable. It's been in-service 4 years and has barely improved in all regards. The Aj statement re the a380 requiring less maintenance is completely false. Feel free to argue but I work it daily and know the facts
Fair enough.
Have you calculated it over the lifetime of the aircraft?