I love Labor parrots------ The pot calling the kettle black I think. Whats best - spend some money to maintain employment and end up with an economy that's the envy of the world or do a Newman- sack thousands , employ a bunch of dodgy mates and watch the economy plummet.
Back on thread. I fully agree with LeadSled. There is no evidence that age is a problem with properly maintained aircraft. In my opinion some of the older machines are slowly being replaced with less efficient and less useful ones.eg the Cessna 210-Can anything beat it on a balanced basket of abilities?