Wet blankets are not much fun, but...
In addition to the concept of more people being shipped around via air like so much more bulk mail in a sardine can, doesn't this just give potential terrorists more people in one spot to wipe out? Or am I just another victim of the post 9-11 mentality?
And for me, the 747 will always be the biggest passenger carrier - that Airbus doesn't even have that distinctive big bulge in the front! It looks like every other jetliner. No character. No chance to be in a bad 70s disaster flick.