[redrove]

As a passenger the A320 and its variations are the worst plane to be on, and I’ve been all over the world.

They’re always a low cost airline favorite and you feel like a sardine in it; the boarding takes forever since they can hold up to 230(!!!) people in the newer variations. The bathrooms suck.

I had a Qatar Airways business flight and its the only time the plane was bearable, but having 100+ people board through the business class area still sucked.

I wish more airports supported wide bodies or stuck to smaller airplanes like the Embraer e190.

[theideaofcoffee]

I'm sorry for your plight about the proles passing by you in first class there. Perhaps try flying private next time. It's really nice.

But really, this is an airline-specific problem. They decide the seating layout, the boarding procedure and all that. The manufacturer really has nothing to do with it, be it Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Bombardier, or any others.

If we're trading gripes, I'll throw my hat in for the opposite side, I'd much rather fly on a 320 family. The fly-by-wire makes the trip most often, by the feeling in my butt, more smooth than a cable-flown 737. Climbs and turns feel less rough around the edges, I'll take an Airbus of any model over a Boeing any flight, regardless of how many people have to pass me in first class.

[wkat4242]

I don't find it worse than a 737. But an Embraer E195 E2, while a much smaller plane, is surprisingly much more comfortable. I wish they were used a lot more.

They did some smart stuff like a "squircle" shaped cross-section that really helps. The 320 and the 737 even more so can't have those things because they are based on old designs to make training easier.

[Glawen]

A320 is wider than 737, you really see the difference inside. I always was better seated on low cost a320 than a low cost 737

[rsynnott]

Hmm? Generally, I've found them to be more pleasant than 737s, which is what they're competing with; they're a little less claustrophobic, and generally not as noisy. Also the doors rarely escape, so there's that.

> I wish more airports supported wide bodies

The vast majority of A320s aren't used in cases where wide bodies aren't supported; they're used for routes for which wide bodies aren't _suitable_.