Originally Posted by
skyman771
I really wonder just how many pax would actually be comfortable flying in a 30+ year old aircraft if they were aware of this.
To me it's all too easy to simply say " we have excellent inspection & maintenance programs". These guys are pushing the boundaries, when most of the 73's that came off the production line at around this time are long gone.
I really hate mentioning aircraft age because problems can appear on any aircraft but they do themselves no favours you could pay around the same and end up on a 30YO Jet2 aircraft or book TOM or TCX and be on a modern model in some cases less than 5 year old. The days where aircraft age wasnt freely available to the public are now over and I think it's really poor from Jet2 to still think it's acceptable to fly people around on such old planes, that fleet renewal can't come off the production line soon enough.