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Profit, Profit, Profit.... It's sad that the 747-400 which was introduced in 1988 is still the fastest commercial aircraft currently. Aviation reminds me of t
by cjcartlidge 12y ago
Profit, Profit, Profit....
It's sad that the 747-400 which was introduced in 1988 is still the fastest commercial aircraft currently.
Aviation reminds me of the Formula 1 of the skies in its current rule set! (All about fuel saving)
- Argorak 12y agoI don't see the problem? There's just no one willing to pay the premium to fly at top speed. There were faster in that time, but they all went out of business.
- cjcartlidge 12y agoNo problem just a statement of fact. Goals in greater efficiently have never been as exciting as goals for greater speed (with disregard for efficiency).
- Argorak 12y agoAh, okay, excitement, I can agree with.
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- fennecfoxen 12y agoAnd yet air travel is cheaper and more accessible to more people than ever. A faster plane doesn't do you much good if you can't afford the ticket.
- xenophonf 12y agoAs someone who travels for a living, the speed of the plane isn't that big of a deal. It's the fact that to get from North America to just about anywhere Africa, I have to detour through Europe, which is a complete waste of my time. I would much rather have better routes than faster planes. (For example, I could get to West Africa in ~12 hours from the east coast of the U.S. if the routes existed. That's a nice overnight flight, landing in the afternoon. I wouldn't have to waste a full day stuck in a plane, no new technology required.)