In aviation, reliability and known failure modes often beat bleeding-edge innovation, which can introduce new, untested risks. That said, if billion-dollar companies are refusing to update critical systems due to cost-cutting or complacency, that’s a serious problem. But the framing shouldn't be “old = bad”; it should be “unmaintained or unadapted = dangerous.”

Let’s hold companies accountable for safety practices, not just the calendar age of their fleets.