Originally Posted by
fredc84
As a 25 yr airline emp and captain I know it's much more important how good the maintenance is than the age of the plane.
Exactly...
...and that is not unexpectedly surprising.
People have chided Delta Air Lines for having an older fleet of aircraft; but their maintenance seems to be second to none — at least, to my untrained eye after visiting its Technical Operations Center several times — to the point where other airlines contract out the maintenance of their aircraft to Delta Air Lines.