Not picking on you A380 driver but:
The 345 has a bloody good range. (and didnt have to get etops approval)
The A345 fuel consumption and seat mile costs are so woeful in comparison to both the B777-200LR and B777-300ER that very few of them were built.
And let's not get started about that cumbersome control yoke/wheel thingo that sits in front of you for 14hours.
A lot of very experienced people are blaming the "Sidestick" as the major contributing factor in the Air France A330 accident (just ask Chesly Sullenberger). Boeing's decision to stick with a conventional control column when they designed the FBW system for the B777 appears to have been vindicated.