Originally Posted by
use2fly
What makes it obsolete? It's not new and shinny?
No coupled VNAV, poor fuel economy (no future, will be back in desert soon), underpowered (have fun throwing pax off for fuel constantly), perfunctory “FMS,” structural 250-below-ten in a world where you are always restricted at 250, .78 structural cruise in a world where ATC needs you at .80. Mainly those things. It is obsolete in a few charming ways too, but those are the ugly ones.