Originally Posted by
Jonno_aus
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That's what people want. Speed. The talk around the water coolers at work isn't about big aircraft. It's talk of fast aircraft. That's what us punters want. Fast sonsofbitches to get us there quick.
The evidence suggests that the opposite is true.
Since the 70s airliners have got a lot slower.
Airlines noticed that passengers are upset by being late, not slow. They then increased all the scheduled times so that if delayed the aircraft could speed up from the usual economical cruise to catch up. VC10 was a rocket ship compared to current airliners.
Incidentally, who among you even knows which airliners are the fastest? Surely if it actually mattered people would chose to fly on the fast ones?