""I would rather fly a well maintained old machine flown by a pro, than one straight from the box flown by idiots (Air New Zealand, and all American airlines)"
You poor soul- I guess you have never been to Zim or flown on one of their "well maintained machines".
I know many air zim pilots and personally there are only 4 that i would fly with- however I know quite a few ANZ pilots with whom I would fly any day, properly trained, not pilots because of political ties and inabilities to pass exams, but hard study.
The stories of their maintenance leaves a lot to be desired purely because of lack of qualified personnel.