Originally Posted by
WindowSeat123
Good point. Change is indeed constant for the commercial aviation market just like any other business.
But your analogy with your car is not quite right. The average car model has a production run of 5-7 years max, but a jetliner model can go on for decades. And the cost of a jetliner to an airline is quite different to what a car is for your average driver. So the airlines do think twice about which jetliner to keep.
I wasn't saying auto production is analogous to aircraft production. But that in both areas there is constant change, often dictated by economics.
Just commenting on
VWTim's doom an gloom comment. My point is that we all deal with change dictated by economics and that we all move on (and in most cases do not look back). Doom and gloom has nothing to do with it. As much as I like flying on VLA's (and I do), things change.