Everyone is agog over the new Airbus A380, the massive plane that was introduced yesterday.
This plane, which is bigger than the White House, is being promoted as a luxurious way to fly, with on-board shop, gym, and entertainment facilities.
Bull.
We all know that the airlines will never put these amenities on the plane. They’ll instead shoehorn in a couple hundred more tiny, narrow seats, creating the ultimate chicken coop in the sky: a plane that packs in nearly 900 people.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t stand the crush of so many people on a small 737; can you imagine how long it will take and annoying it will be to board and fly on this plane?
Once this plane is flying, with it’s huge cargo of human life, I wonder what the reaction will be after the first crash and enormous loss of life?
