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by DoofusOfDeath 2608 days ago
> Question: At what point does maintaining the 737 type rating become too much "technical debt"?

I was about to snark, "Sometime prior to people dying as a result of the debt."

But then I considered that (potentially) the $X dollars saved by allowing the technical debt to live on, could probably be invested in some other way that saves far more lives. I.e., obesity reduction, smoking cessation programs, etc. So perhaps the issue isn't that simple.