> In the past few years I've flown a bunch on the AA A321T configuration, brand new planes. I was shocked at just how much better the 787 is in almost all regar

> In the past few years I've flown a bunch on the AA A321T configuration, brand new planes. I was shocked at just how much better the 787 is in almost all regards in terms of the environmental quality of being on the plane. Brand new planes of a design that first flew 25 years ago, of a family of aircraft that first flew 31 years ago, compared with aircraft of a design that first flew 9 years ago. It's hardly surprising that a much more modern clean-sheet design is better; the A321neo would be a more interesting comparison, as that should be much quieter than the A321ceo, but that's still not a clean-sheet design.