(Apparently) New Photo: Airbus 380 Cockpit

[Sundown]

Usually I could care less, but I figured a lot of you would find this interesting. Plus I have to admit, it is a frickin' sweet cockpit even though it doesn't blow sh!t up.


The New Bus Is Here

 

[VetteMuscle427]

How much does that thing cost? Doesn't even come with leather sport bucket seats... pffff

 

[Jameski]

Well, that allows them to play a little spider solitaire on those long, international flights!

 

[AllAmerican75]

Hey, where are the jumbo cupholders? Where is the pilot supposed to put his Big Gulp? And the new Airbus is supposed to be on the cutting edge of technology. . .

 

[eddie]

Is the guy in the left seat supposed to be a lefty? Or are those not control sticks?

 

[skidkid]

yeah Airbus uses left handed control sticks-only the French.

 

[redmariner97]

Well, that allows them to play a little spider solitaire on those long, international flights!

Everyone knows the left seat is set up to check Airwarriors.

 

[nugget81]

yeah Airbus uses left handed control sticks-only the French.

And the Canadians, and yes, even the Americans. The Diamond DA-42 Twinstar requires the left seat pilot to use the left hand for the control stick as does the Cirrus SR-20 and SR-22. BTW the A380 flight deck is very cool (until you get an electrical failure).

 

[A4sForever]

It ain't that hard:

Left seat=you fly with your left hand and say things like: "Oh, boy ... BOY !!! ... get me some coffee, boy ... "

Right seat=you fly with your right hand ... call me "Sir" and laugh at my jokes ...

.... now THIS ... THIS would be a cockpit:

 

[raptor10]

The A380 has only one weakness

WINDOWS XP

 

[snort]

Yeah, my bro works for EADS in Mobile, in design. It's a really sweet cockpit.

Almost as sweet as my Piper Meridian. lol

 

[TXHusker05]

The A380 has only one weakness

WINDOWS XP

I hope it doesn't crash as many times as my computer does.

 

[goosegagnon2]

Windows and the fact it doesn't really fit into any American Airports could be a problem.

 

[ZoomByU]

Windows and the fact it doesn't really fit into any American Airports could be a problem.

maybe that is why only FedEx, UPS, and ILFC are the only companies that have ordered them.

 

[TXHusker05]

Isn't NorthWest flying (or going to be flying) them out of Detroit to Amsterdam? Seems like I read that in the NWA inflight magazing on a trip to the coast once.