Ah, yet another J windup I see. And I fell for it.....
I just spoke to someone the other day who's recently paxed in both a J and an H, and he said he couldn't see what all the fuss was about (re vibration area in the J, yes I know it has one, but jeepers, have you ever travelled in an H?). I second, third, and fourth what StopStart said. The whole 'J' thing has really been done to death. The most vociferous complaints about the J come from those who wouldn't recognise one if it hit them on the head.
Spares, LRUs, etc - entirely a bean-counter problem! If you buy a bunch of aeroplanes, irrespective of whether they're brand new, together with half a wheelbarrow of spare parts, what do you expect?
It's not perfect (nor is any aeroplane that I know of), but it's a damn sight better to fly and operate than its older brethren.
Last edited by DutchRoll; 29th Jul 2004 at 13:46.