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Re:Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights 80% sm... by bobthepanda on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @12:26PM (#38615322)
At least with commercial aviation, unless you can’t get ahold of new planes they get replaced much earlier than that due to wanting ever more efficient planes and more stringent noise regulations.

The old clunkers still around are mostly used in sanctioned countries, or where a market failure has failed to provide a decent equivalent (757/767)

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Re:Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights 80% sm... by BizarreByte on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @04:48PM (#38619125)
> or where a market failure has failed to provide a decent equivalent

A whole lot of weird, or just simply old planes still operate in Canada for this reason. Until this year you could still find 737-200 flights in the north.

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Re:Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights 80% sm... by raverbashing on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @12:53AM (#38623235)
It's the gravel kit

No other 737 got the gravel kit

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Re:Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights 80% sm... by hef19898 on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @01:22PM (#38616179)
Or they are used as a basis for freighter conversions.

Not sure who still flys 757/767s so, at least for pax. Most shoupd have been replaced by 777/787/A350s by now.

Edit: Totally forgot about Delta.

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Re:Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights 80% sm... by sokoloff on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:00PM (#38616716)
Delta operates nearly 200 of the 75s & 76s. (They are the largest operator of both, I'm pretty sure.)
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Re:Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights 80% sm... by weaksauce on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @03:13PM (#38617745)
I flew on a 75 on delta the other day
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Re:Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights 80% sm... by awad on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:50PM (#38617426)
Delta and United both do, with Delta being the largest operator of both types.
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Re:Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights 80% sm... by bobthepanda on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @06:28PM (#38620310)
there's not quite a plane on the market with the range and the lower capacity.
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