Professor Elam

We have had several posts about Boeing and Airbus.  Airbus has missed the delivery date for its giant A 380. And it apparently made a strategic mistake by inventing a new 747 thinking that a hub and spoke system would prevail in the world’s air traffic.  Appparently not as Boeing is winning converts to a point to point system eliminating the waste of passenger time in a hub and spoke.  Example, try to fly to Oklahoma City from Odessa, TX, yuck. Under the Wright amendment you had to fly to dfw or Love and then change and well four hours later you finished what should have been a 90 minute flight.  Seriously this REALLY puts a state like OK behind the economic 8 ball when you think about it.

Anyway, a friend sent me a series of aviation photos that included the A 380 above.  Click on the image to get a perspective of just how big this thing is.  Remember there are two rows of seats on the plane, upper and lower.  Note the upper and lower doors for entering and leaving, imagine standing in line, lines.  I think I’ll pass.  Boeing passed on this design years ago thinking it was just too much to ask of passengers, I agree.