For me it is just like new entertainment with traveling to space from Richard Branson - it has not been tested enough, hence expect high probability of incidents. Nowadays flying with standard Boings and Airbuses is very safe, but it took 30-40 years to come to this point.zzm9980 wrote:My opinion is that no one on this forum is qualified to actually have an informed opinion on this topic
That said, I prefer Boeing usually, except for the single-aisle short-haul A319/320/321 being nicer than the 737. Of course, that could be because the airlines I'm used to flying the 737 tend to be US domestic, and all of the Airbuses are Dragonair or SilkAir, which blow away US domestic.
Makes sense. Have you seen "Airplane"?The pilot and the copilot, according to Han, eat different meals. Usually the pilot gets the first class meal and the copilot the business class meal.
"This is just in case one of the meals might cause food poisoning," says Han.
This statement really isn't supported by the facts. The plane has had exactly one incident/accident (the turbine failure on a Qantas A380 over Batam island). No crashes, no loss of lives.IOP wrote:Interestingly, he says that the one aircraft that all pilots he has met dislike unanimously is the Airbus 380. "We think it hasn't been tested enough, and that it's simply not as safe."
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What is your opinion?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380and provides seating for 525 people in a typical three-class configuration or up to 853 people in all-economy class configurations
True. At the same time, all the Airbus planes are fly by wire, with similar cockpit glass and operating characteristics from the A320 on up. As a matter of fact, when reading PPrune, primary complaints about Airbus, all types, seem to be the various lockouts and limiters depending upon flight condition.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Does it need to crash to been deemed unsafe as a grouse by a pilot. It might be a difficult plane in certain circumstances and might not have crashed solely due to the expertise of the pilots. If it's a difficult plane it could be inherently unsafe but still accident free.
Hmm, I heard from a friend who's been working as a flight attendant for what seems to have been his entire lifetime, and that is the pilots actually do not eat the same meals as passengers at all.nakatago wrote:This tidbit is more interesting, really:
Makes sense. Have you seen "Airplane"?The pilot and the copilot, according to Han, eat different meals. Usually the pilot gets the first class meal and the copilot the business class meal.
"This is just in case one of the meals might cause food poisoning," says Han.
Mi Amigo, your question seems to me quite strange. I just asked to discuss.Mi Amigo wrote:IOP, why do you insist on coming out with wild statements like "Airbus 380 is unsafe", when you have absolutely no evidence to support that assertion? This is just like the earlier thread when you made various bizzare statements about Scoot. What are you trying to achieve by this?
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