Get out a bit.
Some of you guys have not travelled to far abroad. I can tell. There is plenty of Airlines out there still using 737-200s in a lot more competitve markets tahn little ole oz. Ryanair off the top of myhead 2nd largest airline in Europe by capitalization still has plenty and only 18 months ago started replacing for newer aircraft. It didn't hinder their rapid rise to fame. And not a whole lot of major incidents either.
Pax geneally only distinguish between size, jet or prop and cabin niceties. It won't be the planes that bring him unstuck. Just his pockets ain't big enough to take on the red rat with backroom Government support. Hell skippy even has a corner on the media now Packers on the board!