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Old Feb 13, 2005 | 3:57 am
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Threy
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Considering that CO is an airline focussing mainly on thin intercontinental routes, beside some bigger ones justifying B 777 equipment and since CO is the main operator at IAH the only chance to see an A 380 there is, when Airbus makes a promo tour, however considering that some of the most stupid comments about Airbus came from Gordo they will likely skip IAH, although he is retired as well as the CO Airbus

Beside that human mistakes are still the main reason for airplane crashes, the newer Airbus cannot be flown into tragedy anymore, cause the computer will not allow the pilot to do so, it is a widely discussed topic, but would have saved 270 people on an American A 300-600 in Queens, NY in 2001 in an accident where the co pilot was simply doing a tragic mistake, an instruction which would have been rejected by the computer on the newer Airbus aircraft...

The A 380 will be a huge success, putting aside all those stupid Euro-US Boeing-Airbus discussions, it will be used by those really big intercontinental airlines connecting big hubs on several continents or within Asia, I guess.

Considering LH flies two 744`s to LAX , BKK or MEX from FRA within a few hours, those destinations alone easily justify an A 380.
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