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I did a fair amount of flying in Hawaii. It’s the Wild West of aviation, or if you prefer, a flying museum.

Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing is debatable. Most of the routes are over water, so of minimal risk to residents. If operating costs are jacked up, expect less flying, and less competition.

My favorite was watching the new owner of a used high-performance single replacing the marine hoses with approved ones. Doubtful if Evinrude has any PMAs!

I will note that the members of this aviation forum likely have an average age older than the 737 that ditched, at 45 years old.

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TransAir apparently also operates a passenger service, which was not affected by the FAA action. I would hazard the guess that small cargo operations in general are fertile ground for inspectors seeking something to write up.

Keith_Sketchley

Some of Pacific Western’s B737-200s had a high number of cycles. Well maintained in their service, including engines.

This one I do not know of, some of PW’s first were scrapped. (One is now an artificial reef off the east side of Vancouver Island, not far from the Nanaimo-Comox stretch. I saw it stripped outside a hanger, from a hundred feet away it appeared to have corrosion judging by paint stripping and other artifacts.)