Originally Posted by Captain Tony

For me it's worth it. I am the bottom of lineholders on CA ATL 700/900, and would be middle of the pack on the 200. But the 200 is hot, lots of short legs, can't climb over the weather, systems nightmare. I flew the 200 for a year, and if I had to do one more back to back AEX or DHN overnight I was going to kill myself. It's a commuter airline operation.

The 700/900 is like mainline. Long flights, big cities, good overnights. Low legs per day. It's no 757, but it has the performance you expect from a jet. FL370 at .82, looking down at the storms is typical, not picking your way through at FL290. The systems on the plane mostly take care of themselves, all you have to do is fly. And on the CA scale the 700/900 pays about $5/hr more (yes I know the FOs is less). But you're getting paid more for less work.

I will stay on the 700 until I can't hold it anymore, even if I'm the plug. It's totally worth it.