End of the jumbo: British Airways retires 747 fleet early on coronavirus woes

[thaibeachlovers]

On 7/23/2020 at 10:55 AM, bodga said:

I regularly  flew the A380  lovely  plane, only  upstairs  mind, cant abide the horrors  of the lower deck

I did fly upper level economy. Hated having the hosties wheeling through the fine dining for the biz class while we got the usual cattle class muck.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 7/20/2020 at 2:25 AM, kingofthemountain said:

Sorry but i have to disagree with that

the economy class was a real nightmare, with unconfortable chairs 

very minimum space for each passenger, and the noise in the cabin

from the engines was huge.

On all this points the Airbus A380 was a real big improvment

Obviously flew on the wrong airline. Thai Air economy on the 747 was great. Lots of leg room.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 7/20/2020 at 2:25 AM, kingofthemountain said:

Sorry but i have to disagree with that

the economy class was a real nightmare, with unconfortable chairs 

very minimum space for each passenger, and the noise in the cabin

from the engines was huge.

On all this points the Airbus A380 was a real big improvment

Obviously flew on the wrong airline. Thai Air economy on the 747 was great. Lots of leg room.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 7/20/2020 at 2:25 AM, kingofthemountain said:

Sorry but i have to disagree with that

the economy class was a real nightmare, with unconfortable chairs 

very minimum space for each passenger, and the noise in the cabin

from the engines was huge.

On all this points the Airbus A380 was a real big improvment

Obviously flew on the wrong airline. Thai Air economy on the 747 was great. Lots of leg room.

[GinBoy2]

8 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

From the OP

U.S.-based Boeing and its suppliers signalled the end of the plane, when they set the final number of parts it would need for the 747 jumbo jet program at least a year ago.

 

Can't fly a plane with no spares available.

Thats not quite true. Boeing still has 100 freighter versions of the 747 in it's backlog, so spare parts are under Federal law guaranteed for 10 years after suspension of any model discontinuation.

 

Apart from that, the number of 747's parked up in Victorville mean that second hand spare parts are probably available for the next 100 years

[rabas]

On 7/20/2020 at 1:15 PM, ballpoint said:

Nothing wrong with planes with 2 engines.  It's been proven that, if one fails then the other always has enough power to make it to the crash site.

Reminds me of what parachutists say. If something goes wrong on the way down, don't panic, you have the rest of your life to fix it.