@ ediks: Delta's aging DC-9s
The question of age reflects hypocrisy on the part of virtually all the parties: TRAVELERS, who, in this country, are relatively well off and arguably should know that age's got nothing to do with it; GOVERNMENT, who, subtly, have found an escape route out of their incompetence and criminal culpability; GOVERNMENT again, who should educate the larger public, but are instead, feeding on its fears; THE PUBLIC, who, with typical Nigerian aplomb, are experts in a field they really should learn more about; and of course you-know-who: we're not about to understand that human lives are too precious to toy with, not with the lure of just one, only one, just one more full house before trotting out the techs to do their work...