Emirates A380 in YPPH
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I cheered with uncontained joy the day I was summoned to leave the 'aircraft designed by idiots for experts to fly' to fly 'the aircraft designed by experts for idiots to fly'.
The models of Airbus I flew (for seven loooong and all too often eventful years) were two generations earlier than the 380, (310-300 and 300-600), but I see Airbus have stuck true to form - still making an overly complex engineering wonder (or nightmare, depending upon your point of view) that requires the operating crews to be ever on guard for myriad traps for young players.
(Thirteen years after leaving the Bus, I could still draw the 310/300 fuel system schematic for you and explain that **** ~20,000' trim tank forward/aft automatic transfer system. It was so complicated, I had to get it into my head to the point where, even after all these years, it's never left me.)
The Whale's very, very nice from a passenger's point of view, and I suppose I should be reassured to know that the crew up the front are unlikely to be bored on those long sectors as they keep themselves up to speed on the next trap the 'boos has in store for them.
The models of Airbus I flew (for seven loooong and all too often eventful years) were two generations earlier than the 380, (310-300 and 300-600), but I see Airbus have stuck true to form - still making an overly complex engineering wonder (or nightmare, depending upon your point of view) that requires the operating crews to be ever on guard for myriad traps for young players.
(Thirteen years after leaving the Bus, I could still draw the 310/300 fuel system schematic for you and explain that **** ~20,000' trim tank forward/aft automatic transfer system. It was so complicated, I had to get it into my head to the point where, even after all these years, it's never left me.)
The Whale's very, very nice from a passenger's point of view, and I suppose I should be reassured to know that the crew up the front are unlikely to be bored on those long sectors as they keep themselves up to speed on the next trap the 'boos has in store for them.
