[pencilhappen]

This sort of anecdata always crops up on airline threads. Flight experience can vary pretty wildly by airline, even on the same type of plane, since the interior layout and amenities are up to the airline, and not the plane manufacturer.

The best long haul experience I've had in recent years was on a Singapore Airlines A380. The worst one in the same timeframe was on a British Airways A380. Both times economy class.

I've been on a 787 on a few different carriers and they've all been pretty nice.

[TillE]

They're objectively much quieter in the cabin than the vast majority of airliners. That was the huge difference for me at least.