Hi Walkerjoe, I fly the A340 and I must say that compared to other long haul a/c it is very comfortable for us. The flight deck is quiet and the seat is well designed. The fact that we have no control column in front of us is great as you can cross your legs while having the seat reclined. I find that one of the major problems I have on long eastbound flights is that the design of the sun shades is not that good. Imagine having done 7 hours night flight and then at day break you have another 5 hours with the sun in your face. I would like to see some better designed sun shade ( perhaps retractabe as we have on the side windows) which covers the whole front window. In many instances we are forced to use newspaper to cover parts of the window.
Cheers
Snails