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Friday, August 29, 2008 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Who cares what planes look like? I do! Why do they have to look so ugly and boring?

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  • Friday, August 29, 2008 09:21 AM

    Again, who cares ....

    We get the idea that you don't like the design of the A380 and Airbus in general. And I think I speak for the majority of people who frequently have to fly long haul segments (for me, it's 4-5 13+ hr roundtrips per year) in coach that the inside of the plane is much more important.

    If you want to continue to wax poetically, ala Garrison Keilor, about the romantic past of air travel that is your right. You are the one getting paid to write this column. But it is becoming unreadble.

    I've said this before in response to your other subjective ramblings about the look of the A380, but stick to what you know and we will continue to read. Your insight as a pilot and knowledge of the aviation industry is what made your column unique. Not your experience as an industrial design critic.

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