Richard de Crespigny

I'm going to write that down for myself because I make sure I'm always on A380.

People will divert a thousand miles to start their journey just to pick up an A380.

It is so quiet.

Compared to the, say, 737, it's about four times, one quarter of the noise.

It was so quiet on that A380 that day that when engine number two exploded four minutes after takeoff, one passenger didn't even know we were in the air.

He thought we'd hit a...

a pothole on the runway.

So it's really quiet, powerful, spacious.

You don't get claustrophobic.

It's not too big in terms of open spaces.

So the passengers love it.

If you have a fear of flying, you're going to love the 380 because it calms your nerves.

If you get onto a 737 that has up to 95 decibels of noise, then that would really make you nervous because

even for a takeoff.

And it's about 85 decibels in the cruise, which is safe for no more than eight hours in the workplace.

I mean, the 737 is a great aeroplane, but it first flew before Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.

It first flew in 1967.

Wow.

And they're derived versions from that, but that core technology.

Imagine taking a 1960s Ford Mustang and saying, what a great car.