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I question anyone who would chose any other plane over the 787 if they had a choice, especially for long haul flights. My sinuses are night and day feeling better after a flight on a 787. That alone makes up for any annoyance with the windows or other minor inconveniences people frequently quote.

> its not 11 abreast pack-em-in which is what the 787 has done

Citation needed! I just checked every airline’s seating config for the 787 and all are either 3-3-3 or more rarely 2-4-2 in economy.

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> I question anyone who would chose any other plane over the 787 if they had a choice

Often that choice is also linked with picking a different airline company. For routes I care about I would need to fly United, American or BA and I rank all of those very low on my picks of airlines. I think for my personal comfort the airline matters much more than the difference between a 787, 330, 350 or 380 make.

Most of my flights these days are on ANA 787's and I honestly can't feel any resulting difference in the humidity/pressurization even though I'm told it's there.

Take note of how much fluids you drink and how dry your nose / throat feels after the flights. Maybe you’re lucky and it doesn’t make as much difference to your body, but it does for many (including me).

Certainly it makes more or less of a difference to different people but you said "I question anyone who would chose any other plane over the 787", so I was explaining why some people don't see any pros to the 787.

I think you even cut the quote short...

> In business, its not 11 abreast pack-em-in which is what the 787 has done

“In business” as in business class? Most 787 I’ve been on are 1-2-1 reverse herringbone in business.

Fair point, 11 across seating is complete b/s for business, but it’s being offered by Airbus for economy on the A380 (3-5-3). Funny that he accuses the 787 of doing something lousy the A380 actually offers.

> I just checked every airline’s seating config for the 787 and all are either 3-3-3 or more rarely 2-4-2 in economy.

Is "economy" a more expensive tier? It doesn't seem to make sense that the cheaper tier would give more space per passenger.

Both of those are for economy.

This is true of all the modern fleet, A350, A380, and the 787, in my extensive experience.

The 787 is definitively better than the A380 (spec wise and personal experience wise) for cabin pressurization and humidity, but I’ve not flown on the A350. As it turns out, the A350 specs out better on both air quality measures than the 787 (just looked it up) and professional reviewers agree it’s better.

First class on an A380 is a better experience than a 787, if we're talking economy the economy upper deck on LH flights are truly a bliss to fly in: the first row is highly recommended.

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