I have always wondered about the statement "I'll never fly on XXX or YYY aircraft".
How many passengers do actually decide what aircraft type they will be flying on?
- People on a package tour? Most certainly not. I guess, they have to take what the travel agency puts them on.
- People on a budget? Maybe, maybe not.
- People flying for business or who, for whatever reason have to be at a certain place at a certain time? I would think convenient schedules is their major concern.
So how many does that leave?
And, yes tiger, you are right, most of the passengers in an aircraft have no idea what type they are sitting in. At least, they didn't 10 years ago, when I did a survey for a (non-aviation) customer.