The design goal for the A380 was to be "over" 50% better; clearly that goal was not met in the first year (and with the original design). Perhaps improvements done since then will meet the mission; we'll know more in 2 years (that is how long it will take to roll out the changes). In the meantime, expect between 2.5 and 3.5% chance of going tech when you board an A380 flight. I'm still running at 100% on QF (and 0% on SQ and EK, but only 1 flight on each of those).

It just goes to show that complex systems have complex failures, and the A380 design algorithm (of anticipating failures and "phoning home" to report them before they occur) is slightly faulty at best and ineffective at worst. Not a criticism of Airbus but a reflection of the difficulty of creating reliable systems.