Originally Posted by
buzzpat
Precisely. Saw a Trannie 717 taxiing out today and the CA and I looked at each other and simultaneously said "that's what this is all about?" Really?
For the record, we are both "nos." The -88 NYC CA jumpseater was a yes. When we asked him why, he said "I'm going to hold my nose and vote yes because it's gonna pass."
Slow got upset with me using the term "sheeple." Guys like NYC 88 CA dude who are voting yes because he knows it's gonna pass are sheeple. I don't doubt he's probably right...I do find his methodology a bit lacking. No substance, just wants to go with the flow.
The 717 will recapture places and routes that were lost after the 732s and 727s were parked, and in 2015 it will pay $10 more per hour in the left seat than what current 767 Capts make. Tell that to your Capt, it should be the smallest mainline plane we will have by then, and at the end of that year there could be 88 of them at mainline.