Ron Wanttaja writes:

Same argument could be made for *any* airplane...you don't know what the
previous owner did to it.

If it has a previous owner ... but a brand-new plane does not.

But there are admittedly more people who have previously flown
a renter than a used plane.

If they are anything like rental cars or other rental equipment, they
may be in very sorry shape.

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