is not relevant with long haul aircraft.
The issue was reliability and not fatigue bytheway...
And I was pointing out that the older aircraft, with their disadvantages of perhaps lower reliability dispatch rates, still have some huge advantages.
For instance a stable and smooth ride...
When I hear others complaining about the ride I hardly see a ripple in my coffee on my "unreliable" dinosaur.
And while landing in a storm in a B777 or A330 can be a challenge, in the B747 the only challenge is if the windspeed is over the door-limit....