The last time I flew Airbus, stuff in the cabin was falling apart, and the plane was making these weird noises. I've never been afraid to fly, but on that trip, I was seriously giving thought to changing my return flights to be something other than Airbus, and I could not wait for that flight to be over...
All depends on the airline, my airline, which I retired from and have free flights on for life flies 320/319, no problem, I'm no fan of the A300 or the A300-600, but the A330 is a joy to be a passenger on.
I don't care for the MD-11, a crappy plane, poorly built and thankfully being used for cargo mostly.
I think I was 20 or 21 and had befriended, through my job, a guy who lived a couple blocks from me. He invites me over to a party one night and at some point someone else who lived in the building started talking to me so I handed him a bong.
As he's taking a big hit I ask him, "So, what do you do?" and - in that voice that only a stoned person can make when they're trying to hold in their hit and talk at the same time - he says to me, "I'm an engineer at Boeing."
I think I just stared at him.
I do know that's the only thing I remember about that party.