<story><title>A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about the superjumbo&apos;s future</title><url>https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/07/business/qantas-airbus-a380/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>danepowell</author><text>I love the A380 as an aerospace enthusiast, but absolutely despise it as a passenger. In my experience (with Lufthansa), the boarding process is chaotic and takes forever, the seat pitch is minimal in economy, and never have I felt more like cattle than when sharing the situation with 700 other passengers.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m curious how your experience as a passenger sounds so different from mine.</text></item><item><author>Someone1234</author><text>I totally understand why big aircraft (A380, 747, etc) are disappearing commercially but I will miss them. Flying in a larger aircraft makes one feel less like cargo, in particularly for airlines that offer places to stretch your legs (e.g. &amp;quot;bar&amp;quot; seating, showers, staircases, etc).&lt;p&gt;I was always kind of secretly hoping large blimps would return. And we&amp;#x27;d get to choose between 7 hours in a tiny metal tube with the seat-back of the person in front resting on your knees, or 24 hours on a slow blimp with a bed, the ability to walk around, and social areas. Kind of like a cruise ship in the sky.&lt;p&gt;An A380 feels kind of like Concord in that it really touched the imagination. I still hope to have a shower at 40,000 feet before they&amp;#x27;re retired completely.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>EdwardDiego</author><text>To be fair though, according to Seatguru.com, Lufthansa are the most &amp;#x27;efficient&amp;#x27; in terms of seating - that is, you will have the least leg-room etc. on a Lufthansa flight. The precise airplane model doesn&amp;#x27;t matter, they always have the least space for a passenger.&lt;p&gt;Bonus for when you press the steward summons button and an angry balding German steward (who nonetheless has a ponytail)  turns up half an hour later and demands to know what you want, and when you say &amp;quot;water, please&amp;quot;, asks angrily &amp;quot;You vant vasser?!&amp;quot; like you just asked to bone his Mum.</text></comment>
<story><title>A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about the superjumbo&apos;s future</title><url>https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/07/business/qantas-airbus-a380/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>danepowell</author><text>I love the A380 as an aerospace enthusiast, but absolutely despise it as a passenger. In my experience (with Lufthansa), the boarding process is chaotic and takes forever, the seat pitch is minimal in economy, and never have I felt more like cattle than when sharing the situation with 700 other passengers.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m curious how your experience as a passenger sounds so different from mine.</text></item><item><author>Someone1234</author><text>I totally understand why big aircraft (A380, 747, etc) are disappearing commercially but I will miss them. Flying in a larger aircraft makes one feel less like cargo, in particularly for airlines that offer places to stretch your legs (e.g. &amp;quot;bar&amp;quot; seating, showers, staircases, etc).&lt;p&gt;I was always kind of secretly hoping large blimps would return. And we&amp;#x27;d get to choose between 7 hours in a tiny metal tube with the seat-back of the person in front resting on your knees, or 24 hours on a slow blimp with a bed, the ability to walk around, and social areas. Kind of like a cruise ship in the sky.&lt;p&gt;An A380 feels kind of like Concord in that it really touched the imagination. I still hope to have a shower at 40,000 feet before they&amp;#x27;re retired completely.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>steedsofwar</author><text>I have a similar view on the A380, but I love being a passenger on them more than any other plane.  The extra leg room is what wins over for me and as I fly Emirates the in flight entertainment is brilliant.&lt;p&gt;For me it’s a shame we are seeing a decline of these planes.  I loathe to think the industry is going to go back to less leg room, more seats and feeling like cattle.</text></comment>