I am not an engineer.
All I can say is that the plane is quieter and seems to be more comfortable.
You are doubtless correct but the passenger POV is important too.
But then I don’t fly airlines with bad maintenance records either.
“I am not an engineer.”
Neither am I...my licenses are only technician level...not engineering.
“All I can say is that the plane is quieter and seems to be more comfortable.”
You would trade comfort for a “Time” when quality of maintenance was what was demanded by the FAA?
“You are doubtless correct but the passenger POV is important too.”
“POV”?...So, creature comfort supplants quality maintenance?
“But then I don’t fly airlines with bad maintenance records either.”
Do you really think the FBI/CIA...etc., are the agencies of 30/40/50...etc., years ago? So why do you think the FAA is any less compromised? Because you want to...you need to maintain a fuzzy, comfortable world?!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m retired, but, suddenly, over the last 3-4 years I’ve been inundated with offers of employment from many hiring sources, with employment offers in aviation.
Why? Hmmmmmmmmmmm...let’s say, perchance, that the vast majority of youth don’t have basic mechanical/electrical...mastering the cell-phone/computer universe doesn’t apply...exposure, in a hands on way?
I have flying benefits with Delta, due the NWA merger, and I would rather drive than fly, unless, time is of the essence.
NWA was the 4th largest airline in the world, prior to Delta’s acquisition, and had the oldest average age of a fleet of aircraft in the world...and, yet, for about 20 years, it managed to maintain the number 1 “on-time-airline” in-spite on it’s average fleet age.
Why? Competent maintenance.
Live your comfort dream...and please, have no thought of reality.