Yeah, airlines will be the main factor cause they all have maintenence rountines, but isn't the actual plane a factor too.. The McDonnell Douglas plane with the dodgy jack screw and raised tail is an example of a badly designed plane.

Is there something inherently safe by having a cockpit full of computers? I don't know the answer to that...

Agreed. :rotfl:

Airbus offers that option for the A380, and I believe Boeing plans to offer sleeping accomodations in the 747ADV, assuming of course that an airliner version is built; Several airfreight lines have stated their intention to buy 747ADV freighter models, but no airlines have yet expressed interest in a passenger version, though Boeing isn't intending the 747ADV to directly compete with the A380 anyway, instead it believes it will fill the gap between the 777/A340 and the A380 in both the passenger and freighter markets.

But anyway, here's one reason to love the 747: Can you think of another airliner that has a variant that fires a megawatt-range "frickin' lazor beam"? :rotfl:

C-17 Globemaster III
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An-2! :lol:

Nah, nah, nah...


SCRAMJET :up:

none of them

Tupolev or Antonov. They build not so expensive planes :)

What about Ilyushin? The Il-96 doesn't seem bad at all...

IL is a bit dodgey i dont trust thier planes dont know why

Boeing is certainly the superior company in my opinion. In addition to their unmatched commercial airliner heritage, they produce a ton of other things like fighter jets and rockets. All Airbus does is build airliners. (Yes, I know they're going to build the A400M, a military cargo plane but that is still a ways off in the future.) Go Boeing! :up:

they have built special cargo air craft and yes millatery aircraft and the key players in airbus also design rockets