Which is your favorite airliner brand and why?

[Smartman5]

Boeing or Airbus or another brand? which and why? I've never been on a plane and I think Airbus is better.

Boeing

Airbus

[BCA6010]

Airbuses tend to be much louder in the passenger area, but you tune it out pretty quick so it's usually only noticed during taxi and takeoff. Other than that, there's very little difference other than what specific airlines have done with their configurations; a cattle car is still a cattle car.

From a pilot standpoint, most pilots I know like flying Boeing planes more, but also have mixed feelings about each model being very distinctively different, while Airbuses are fairly easy to switch between and are generally viewed as being easier/more high tech.

[LikeALog]

I've been a frequent flyer for years. Most of the aircraft have been Boeing. That's because the routes I fly generally have 737's, so I'm more comfortable in them than the occasional Airbus. I'll have to say Boeing is my favorite.

[Smartman5]

What are the general differences between Airbus and Boeing?

[Barry88]

Depends mainly on the airline and how they arranged the seats. A Boeing 777 is intended to have a 3-3-3 seating arrangement but some airlines choose 3-4-3 and that is very narrow. Same for the Airbus A330, which is intended for 2-4-2 but sometimes 3-3-3 is used.

For narrowbody aircraft, I prefer the Airbus A320 series (including A318, A319, A321 and the neo versions). They're a bit wider than the Boeing 737 series and hence the seats are usually about an inch wider as well.

[Smartman5]

You explained it very well. If you had answered earlier I would have chosen it as the best comment

[bean2k21]

I'll literally freak myself out if I start analyzing airplanes, so I tend not to think about brands, companies, assembly processes, etc. I ruined a flight one time wondering if the wings were all one piece or two pieces that were bolted onto the frame.

[Smartman5]

The wings are two separate pieces. This is how it is on passenger planes. If the wings were one piece, the inside of the plane would be the fuselage of the wings. but in planes like training and fighter planes, the wings come together as a whole.

[Iron_Man]

727 national Airlines Pan AM Airlines I actually flew the plane once

[Smartman5]

What aircraft model was it?

[Iron_Man]

Bowen

[Iron_Man]

Sorry voice command error

Boeing

[Smartman5]

Nice

[Iron_Man]

Thanks…

[exitseven]

I do not fly anywhere anymore but when I did it was usually a Boeing 727 or DC-9 so I go with Boeing.

[Valso]

The one that never takes off the ground. 😁 I hate flying.

[Smartman5]

Why?

[Valso]

Because it's scary, for starters. If nature wanted men to fly, she would give us wings. Not to mention that there are way too many things that the pilot doesn't have any control over them and there's always the risk for the plane to fall. Let's don't forget about terrorists as well. If the plane falls, it's final, no one survives. At least on the ground in a ground vehicle you have some chances, depending on the speed, whereas with planes no matter the velocity, you're still dead when the plane hits the ground.

[Smartman5]

Actually what you said is true. But air travel saves time. Also, plane is almost the only option for intercontinental travel. I think you don't like ships either.

[Valso]

I don't love ships either but I'm more willing to board a ship than a plane. Sure, I can't swim, but the chances for surviving a shipwreck are much greater than surviving a fallen plane.

[Smartman5]

Yes true. What do you think about the train journey? i love trains

[Valso]

Train is my favorite form of travelling. There's enough space in it to walk around and stretch your legs during long journeys.
Once I tried by a bus but due to the heat (it was the hottest part of the summer and the AC wasn't working) I started having hallucinations, so I gave up travelling by bus for distances longer than 1 hour.

[Smartman5]

I love both train and bus journeys.

[htmndg183]

Airbus. Because of Emirates.

[Smartman5]

what else would you like to say?

[htmndg183]

A380. Best aircraft experience.

[Smartman5]

Nice

[Preeti161101]

I never fly 💸 with an airline

[Smartman5]

Why?