or will they still be carting us around in second and third hand Fokkers and B717s in 2030?
a common theme on pprune is the age of the 717.
first one into Service was 1999, the first “new generation 737 was 1996 I believe.
in short, the 717 is not a DC9 any more than (in fact less alike) the 737-800 is the same as a 737-1 or 200.
have a look up fron one day.