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Why the A380 failed

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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 28 Apr 2025, 22:13 last edited by
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    They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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      Mik
      wrote on 28 Apr 2025, 22:46 last edited by
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      Works for me. Nonstop is where it's at.

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 28 Apr 2025, 22:57 last edited by jon-nyc
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        Yeah. And even here, where non-stop isn’t in doubt, I’d rather have four flights to London a day than 2.

        Plus boarding a plane that seats 400+ sucks ass.

        They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 28 Apr 2025, 22:59 last edited by jon-nyc
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          My son is an aviation geek and we managed to get him on both an A380 and a 747 before they stopped the programs. The A380 trip, NY-Frankfurt on Lufthansa, was my only ride on one. I’d been on a number of 747s though.

          They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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            Mik
            wrote on 29 Apr 2025, 00:31 last edited by Mik
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            We took a 777 to Hawaii and back. It was ok, although I was not impressed by the first class pods. It’s a reclining coach space.

            "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 29 Apr 2025, 00:47 last edited by jon-nyc
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              The engines are huge.

              We walked into one at LHR from a mobile staircase in the tarmac. We walked right by the engine which had a diameter greater than my height. I said ‘wow, look at the size of that engine’ to my son, thinking he would be impressed. He rolls his eyes at me and says ‘it’s a GE 90, Dad, of course it’s huge. He was 9.

              They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                Mik
                wrote on 29 Apr 2025, 01:25 last edited by
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                Maybe he’ll come work in Cincinnati at GE Aviation

                "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                  taiwan_girl
                  wrote on 29 Apr 2025, 02:26 last edited by
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                  Thai Airlines has/had some A380's. For me mostly, it seemed like a regular plane. They boarded/deboarded on two levels, so unless you went to the stairs on the plane and went up or down, just seemed like each floor was a regular plane. LOL

                  re:747. Loved sitting in the upper cabin. Kind of like your own private plane. Probably my favorite. 😍

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