Airbus A380
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Sep 25, 2026
Jason RabinowitzHOST
Jason Rabinowitz.
Jason RabinowitzHOST
Hello, Ian, and welcome to the A380-800 episode.
Ian PetchenikHOST
Absolutely.
Ian PetchenikHOST
Next week we'll do the A389...
Ian PetchenikHOST
That would've been a good looking plane.
Jason RabinowitzHOST
It would be.
Jason RabinowitzHOST
For those of you who have no idea what we're talking about, the A380 as we know it today, the only version of that aircraft is the A380-800, hence episode A388 here.
Jason RabinowitzHOST
That wasn't supposed to be the aircraft's final form.
Nikhil ChinapaGUEST
Because, The planes are smaller, the practice is smaller.
Nikhil ChinapaGUEST
Then what happened was the Airbus A380 came into operation.
Nikhil ChinapaGUEST
And they have something called the apartment, which is the luxury suite.
Nikhil ChinapaGUEST
And then all of a sudden, Eric started to fly in these planes because you didn't feel like you were in a plane.
RobHOST
how big is it? It is the size of a 747.
RobHOST
It is almost as tall as an Airbus A380.
RobHOST
Okay, and I've been on one of those, so I know about how big they are.
RobHOST
Yeah.
RobHOST
how big is it? It is the size of a 747.
RobHOST
It is almost as tall as an Airbus A380.
RobHOST
Okay, and I've been on one of those, so I know about how big they are.
RobHOST
Yeah.
speaker_0HOST
The $22 million investment includes a new line dedicated to major overhauls.
speaker_0HOST
The facility supports Airbus A320, A330, A350, and A380, Boeing B737 and B787 aircraft, as well as regional ATR models.
speaker_0HOST
The center currently employs around 360 people, while the expansion could create approximately 100 additional jobs by 2030.
speaker_0HOST
Singapore has spent decades building a major aerospace ecosystem.
Chris BelisleGUEST
Exactly, they're getting smaller again.
Chris BelisleGUEST
It moved from the A380, which was like, you know, the Code F, which is your, like massive aircraft, which is like 500 to 600 people.
Chris BelisleGUEST
And now it's gotten smaller because the flight routes have slightly changed, but also airlines have looked at the model differently.
Chris BelisleGUEST
But technology with the use of biometrics, pre-check-in through self-porting, bag drops and everything, that's actually reduced.
Michael StevensHOST
And I'm still like, "Uh, how are we up here? Is this just luck? Because I don't get it." It's-
Hannah FryHOST
The- the thing, it's like whenever I'm getting on a plane, especially a big one, if you're on like an A380 or something, um...
Hannah FryHOST
Also, by the way, you think I'm obsessed about fountain pens, you should see how obsessed I am about planes.
Hannah FryHOST
Um, [laughs] if you get on a nice A380, an Airbus, one of the classics, um, of the genre, uh, not the best one, but one of the classics.
Hannah FryHOST
Uh, and, uh, it, the number of people that are waiting by the gate, it's like it doesn't make any sense.
Michael StevensHOST
It doesn't make any sense.
RoneHOST
This does not have an upstairs.
Nick MullenGUEST
The A380 has the upstairs.
RoneHOST
This has no upstairs.
Nick MullenGUEST
I have an A380 at my apartment.
Francis EllisHOST
Does Delta have an A380 in their fleet?
Nick MullenGUEST
No, they do not.
Francis EllisHOST
They don't.
Francis EllisHOST
I wanna fly on that plane that has the bar on it.
Charbel KaramGUEST
Well, I still fly today.
Charbel KaramGUEST
Every chance I get, I'll grab a plane and pilot.
Charbel KaramGUEST
where I need to go.
Charbel KaramGUEST
Look, I'm not ashamed to say I ran away from education when I was young.
Charbel KaramGUEST
First, you go through your private pilot, you get to commercial pilot, and then you start adding on all these different certifications to be a competent pilot.
Charbel KaramGUEST
So instrument ratings to fly through bad weather, multiple engines.
Charbel KaramGUEST
So you're not flying a single engine plane, but multiple engine planes.
Charbel KaramGUEST
and so on and so forth.
Grant NapearGUEST
You can't really.
Grant NapearGUEST
Listen, you know how excited I am? I've got a British Airways 777 that just flew over, followed by an Airbus A380 from Dubai on Emirates.
Grant NapearGUEST
Then I've got a KLM 777 on the other side.
Grant NapearGUEST
I'm standing out SoFi.
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