TheFiend

The Qantas cancellation means there have now been 73 Nightmareliners cancelled.

Scally.... I can't believe you have just wrote that!!!! You are a very strong supporter of Boeing, but I guess you have just had enough! I have been saying for a while that problems would occur during commissioning, design faults would surface. Boeing Senior management seem to think problems like these don't happen, the reality is it does. Boeings credibility in the airline industry will take a knock now, but the last thing we need is for Boeing to go under. The competition between Boeing and Airbus needs to be healthy for ongoing development of better, more efficient aircraft.

Oh dear, looks like preperations for first flight were a little premature. The Nightmareliner is turning into a PR disaster for Boeing. Of course not.... it's a design issue..... Of course he wouldn't admit they cocked up.... he never does. This of will have a knock on effect to the certification program - all test planes will need modifed, and first delivery will also be affected. Boeing will deny this will happen as it would probably lead to further cancellations. More cancellations looming? The interesting quote is "Boeing not behaving in a professional manner" - Considering the body strengthening issue was discovered in April and they have waited until after the Paris Airshow, and also a week before the "first flight" to go public about it, then I think Qatar are correct in their statement.

Oh dear....... the Boeing fanboys will be crying today!!!

Just booked myself another Emirates flight...... and this ones a Skywards reward flight.......... And I get to fly on the A380 DXB-BKK! Wonder if they'll give me a free upgrade me again..... got a biz class upgrade on a reward flight last year..... on 3 out of my last 4 trips I got an upgrade. They certainly do look after their frequent fliers. On my last flight the trolley dollies were bringing me bottles of red wine without even asking if I wanted another.......

I always book with Emirates Online.... and it has it's advantages, extra airmiles for frequent fliers when booked on-line and reward tickets discounted 10%..... So an economy reward ticket cost 67.5K airmiles instead of 75K. And the prices are as cheap as agent websites. The there's the advantage of picking where I want to sit.......... Extra legroom sir..... that'll do nicely.

I'd hate to see some of your barfines if you think that old dinosaur the 747 is good looking!

Late departures can happen with any airline, as for connecting flights Emirates will often delay the departures of connecting flights to allow people to make connections. On my last trip they held all the connecting flights as the arrivals were coming in late due to fog. Did you ever think of pressing the service button above your head, or even walking down to the galley? If you book with Emirates on-line, not only can you chooose where you sit, but you can also specify what meals you would like. If you ask the flight attendants they usually try and rearrange seating so that families can be together. Lost luggage can and does happen with any airline, not just Emirates. Most airlines levy a charge for changing reservations.......... that is, if the ticket you bought allows changes, as not all do. I have done 8 trips with Emirates, I admit not every trip has been a perfect flight, but it wont't stop me using them. They offer flights to DXB and BKK from 3 airports within 2 hours of where I live and that means I don't have to travel all the way down to London (350+ miles) to catch a BKK bound flight.

I think it was the 747-8i

Don't need it...... I've already got a much bigger one than yours.......

Exaggerate? Now look at this for exagerration.... Now that really is lame......

We have all seen Toms efforts with a camera.... We have all seen Pete's efforts with a camera.... But do any of us get to see BigD's efforts with a camera....... NO!!! Always bragging about his camera....... So come on BigD....... let's see what you can do!!!! Otherwise, your the one who's lame!!!

The Boeing fanboys will be sitting there in front of their PCs wanking like crazy over this news, just like Scally is right now! . . . . . Only joking Scally!!!!!!!!

And why buy American? The UK bought some Mastiff armoured vehicles off America to use in Afghanistan....... when it comes to getting spare parts for them they have to wait for ages....... the UK is at the back of the queue for parts!!!! Over a 12 month period they needed to replace 176 axles.... result....... the Mastiff were parked up awaiting repairs most of the time.... If the UK buys European stuff there is a better chance that it will do what it's supposed to do instead of sitting waiting for parts.

Yet another dinosaur!!!

Emirates operates a hub network...... they will place the A380 on routes where the demand is.... simple. Why would they have to cannibalize other markets? I have a choice of 4 airports within 3 hours of where I live that are served by Emirates - Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow and Birmingham. They are my airline of choice..... Why should I have to travel all the way to London to catch a direct flight to Bangkok. The A380 is a great plane for airlines that operate Hub networks, and it gives them higher capacity with lower operating costs. For example - Emirates wants to increase its' capacity at Manchester....... which is the better option? Increase from 2 flights per day to 3 (3 x 777), or put an A380 on one flight (1 A380 + 1 777)... the more cost efficient option is the A380 one.

Perhaps in the American markets...... but you look at the market outside USA, and there is a market for the A380. And Korean have ordered 2 this year..... Take Emirates for example......they use the 777, flying full.......but if they use a A380 they can sell more seats....much better option than increasing the number of flights per day. Airbus will survive, just like Boeing will survive....

Most of those order were in the year after it was announced.......... And apart from VIP jets nobody has ordered one for 18 months Lufthansa deliveries for the Dinosaur Intercontinental were supposed to start next year....... that won't happen...... it'll be late..... just like the Nightmareliner..... And funny how nobody else has ordered the passenger version.... Looks like passenger airlines don't want it...... they would rather go for the A380 for the VLA sector of the market. I am quite looking forward to flying into BKK on an A380....... Not long to go until June 1st...

Oh dear!!!!! That's 57 Nightmareliners now cancelled!!!! Oh dear!!! So the latest figures for the year are Boeing net orders now -1, Airbus +11. At least nobody is cancelling the A380...... And it's interesting to see Boeing is also cutting back 777 production....... so it's not just Airbus revising delivery numbers...

In view of the current global economic situation it is probably the right move. Some of the deliveries scheduled during 2009/10 have been deferred, so the delivery rate is being adjusted to compensate. Notice.... deliveries are getting deferred.... not cancelled.

Seats are bookable for 1st June onwards for the A380..... and I can use a reward ticket on it....... so I'll be flying on the evening flight from Manchester to connect with the A380........ With a bit of luck might actually be flying 1st June.... fingers crossed :)

Not exactly word for word..... is it????

Boeing have been consistently wrong with their projections for the timescale for the Nightmareliner, so do you really think certification will be completed within their "schedule"? And until the plane flies, nobody knows how it will perform and how much an issue the weight problem will respect to the performance figures.

Scally........ you seem to have missed this one about the Nightmareliner!

Trained counsellers are often the wrong people to be doing the job..... what is needed is someone who has real experience of going through it. 5 years ago I was going through a rough patch caused by relationshiop problems and asked my doc to put me back on the prozac. A couple of months later was sitting at work thinking how easy it would be to kill myself......... I was having suicidal thoughts...... a side effect of taking prozac (if you don't believe it check it out on the net)..... The doctors response was to double my dose!!!! I got joined an online discussion group for depression sufferers and started doing some reading to understand why iI was feeling the way I was. That was of more benefit to me than prozac ever was. I can understand your anger and feelings of revenge towards your attacker, it's natural. But you can turn that into something positive, instead of letting it drag you down into depression.