So, who really cares if Bethune cares if a very large pax aircraft is made or not? I recall other so-called airline execs who said the (name of plane) was too big and it would fail yet it didn't. David R -------------- Original message -------------- > Former Continental Air Boss Takes Swipe At Airbus A380 > > > > Thursday May 12, 4:28 PM EDT > > > WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- Former Continental Airlines Inc. (CAL) boss Gordon > Bethune took aim Thursday at the 600-seat Airbus A380, saying the biggest > passenger jet ever built has more to do with "engineers' testosterone" than > giving passengers what they want. > > "What's in it for you to wait in line with 600 other people to get on an > airplane?," said Bethune, who retired as Continental's (CAL) chairman and chief > executive officer at the end of last year. > > Bethune, speaking at the Investment Company Institute 2005 general membership > meeting in Washington, is also a former Boeing Co. (BA) executive and a pilot. > > "What's in it for you to wait for your bag with 600 people? What's in it for you > to wait in customs and immigration lines with 600 people?," he asked. >