"out", I hope!! :ouch:

I like it better the way he typed it. American legacy carriers need to do something to add value to their service, and I think he's on to something there.

Savage. You were once a baby too.

I always felt that the A340 is louder than the A330 in the forward fuselage (business class) but more quiet aft of the wing.
Probably the larger diameter Fan of the A330 is significantly quieter, while the stronger jet is louder. Both are quite loud directly behind the wing during climb, once in cruise this fades away a bit. Seems mach number related.

777 is very loud at the forward wing root with the slats deployed. Also row 1 seems to be quite loud (supersonic airflow around the upper nose section with relatively thin skin), never found that on the Airbusses.
Some elements of the ECS are extremely loud as well, there are some internal circulation fans mainly running on ground in the forward cabin which are loud like hell.

Babies are indeed an issue in the A380, you hear them all through the aircraft. And in economy with the cheap headsets you can follow the soundtrack of 8 movies around you... A certain noise level is not that bad.

Babies are indeed an issue in the A380, you hear them all through the aircraft. And in economy with the cheap headsets you can follow the soundtrack of 8 movies around you... A certain noise level is not that bad.

Very much agree. I'm told that BA artificially add noise to their A380s for that reason.

I never cried on an aircraft though.

What's the cause for excitement? Delta has always had 9 abreast on its 777s.

Today most people get excited over bad news...
This time it is good news that Delta will not follow the trend to have 10 abreast on their 777 for their new cabin, but to stay with the 9 abreast Boeing initially has designed the 777 for.
If you believe in seatguru, the Delta economy seats on the 777 now have the same width as the Emirates business seats on the A380: 18.5 inch.

Only the shareholders / business analysts are probably not that happy that Delta is going for conventional comfort, not for higher profit.

The shareholders will be happy if the business performs adequately. They will be delighted if the company does better than adequately. If Delta's load factors don't warrant having 10 across, there's no point adding all those pointless heavy seats if they're to remain empty. May as well encourage passenger loyalty instead; a tiny little touch of premium-ness goes a long way.