Sorry, missed the tongue-in-cheek. My bad.
But in my defense, this is not the first time where I asked a question about an Airbus product and others assumed I was knocking Airbus. Douglas had a long and proud history and having lost to Boeing, I'm very familiar with the notion that "different" is not necessarily "better". (or for that matter, worse.) But having experienced the Boeing vs Douglas difference first hand, I like to understand the Boeing vs Airbus difference.