Is It True That The Airbus A321XLR Flies With Its Nose Pitched Up At Cruising Altitude?

Did you feel like your plane was a little nose-up on your last long flight? Well, you're not wrong. In fact, nearly every single commercial jetliner cruises with a noticeable nose-high pitch for most of the journey. The physics of flight dictate that an aircraft on a steady level cruise rarely maintains a perfectly parallel relationship with the horizon. It's especially remarkable on Airbus' newest long-haul narrowbody, the A321XLR.