Originally Posted by
NWflyer
Looks like I'll be making a similar choice here in a couple of weeks. What about the 73N trips are better? Also, does SLC only have A320 for NB? I'd like to work my way west without retraining, or even better, during the 12 month lock!
SLC has 73N, 320 and 7ER (which is 757/767 domestic, with a little international sprinkled in.)
The 73N trips generally have fewer legs per day. There are a lot more longer legs, generating plenty of 1-2 leg days. Plenty of transcons, carribean, light South America, Central America/Mexico. The 320 has been converted mostly into a short-hop, multiple-legs-per-day category. So the question becomes, do you want to work harder (if you see it that way) in a comfortable cockpit, or spend long periods of time in a loud/cramped cockpit on the 737?
In all honesty, they are both great machines. I enjoyed the trips on both of them for different reasons. You really can't go wrong, but we have to have something to complain about right?!?
All of that said, the 88 SUCKED IMO. I have it placed below everything else on my displacement card, including the DC-9 and 717. I have seriously considered placing other bases (forcing me into a commute) above the 88 in my base just to avoid going back to it! Definitely the hardest working plane in the airline - again including the DC-9/717.