Its an odd world we live in, where a 30 year old plane is considered more reliable and safe than one particular model of Boeing's "Next Generation lineup". That said there are 50+ year old planes still in service [0], so it is not too surprising that these old planes still work well enough to carry passengers to this day. It just that we would have hoped to have gained safety over all this time, instead of having one quite literal 'killer feature' inadvertently added.<p>0-<a href="https://www.veteranaid.org/blog/5-oldest-us-aircraft-still-in-operation" rel="nofollow">https://www.veteranaid.org/blog/5-oldest-us-aircraft-still-i...</a>