Nah.. Average Joe Moe doesn't have a clue what kind of an airplane he is riding. If the interior is good the plance could be 40 yrs old. Or if the interior is bad and the airplane is 20 yrs old, then he will think that the 40 years old Diesel 9 was much newer.. BAHA Fan of flying on a baby DC9. -----Original Message----- From: BraniffIntl@xxxxxxx [mailto:BraniffIntl@xxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 10:11 PM To: Skyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Sky-1] Aged Beef, Not Jets In a message dated 11/24/2003 9:17:50 AM US Mountain Standard Time, trigueno@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: A real buff would take a baby -9 over a new A320 any day True, but passengers will take a new A320 over 35 year old aircraft any day. Old 9's don't inspire great confidence in the flying public and I've never heard an airline brag that it has the oldest fleet in the skies! Sorry...I like my flight crew older than the plane. RT Simpson Phoenix Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT SkyOne--The Airline News Channel To Post message: Skyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Subscribe: Skyone-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe: Skyone-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List owner: Skyone-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skyone URL: http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Skyone Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.