[R.W.Ratikal]

Typical of the mistaken decisions made by Airbus. While the Superjumbo passenger has little chance of ever becoming a viable airplane, the superfreight jet would have a good chance.

To be practical a passenger airplane the size of the Airbus needs many airfields into which it can operate. There are now only a few. The Superfreight version need only have a few airfields to land in since freight is typically distributed from central distribution point just like seaports.

[Jambe]

Maybe I'm thinking too much as a former engineer, but given the complexities of these planes, wouldn't it have been better to START with the freighter version? If they would have built the freighter first they could have resolved the airframe issues, flight controls, flight testing, etc., then moved to add the more complex interior modules that account for a large part of their wiring issues.

The Freighter version first would have built confidence into the manufacturing process as it minimized overall exposure.

Oh well - never mind.