The main thing that is wrong with a dedicated comparator schmitt is the PCB footprint.
I have to use -55C to +125C components which isolates me to DIP's for a few things, one of those few things is comparators (logic is avail in SOIC), and the one in particular is the LM119. and this is only a dual-package.
Since I need 3off of these "delays" I would need 2 extra DIP14 packages for the space of one SOIC-14 (I already have one dual-comparator package, both comparator setup as schmitt)
I am actually tempted to go for the GAL route and create a state-machine to get my timing
thanks anyway