Can the pilots actually fly this thing? For some, the thought of hopping on a new plane might bring on feelings of unease. Did the assembly crew miss any of the 8,000 bolts holding it together? How much experience do the airline's pilots actually have on the new aircraft they're about to fly home? Turns out if you've flown one Airbus, you've flown them all. Well, sort of. "When we deliver an aircraft the Thai Airways pilots are fully qualified and checked out to take it home," says Lange. "When the Thai airways pilots take this aircraft, because they already operate Airbus aircraft, one of the distinct features is that we have a family of aircraft which, from the pilot’s and cockpit point of view, are very similar. "So once a pilot has already flown an Airbus aircraft it’s a really simple matter to transition to another one. Many airline pilots that fly today routinely fly more than one type of Airbus aircraft."