Originally Posted by gloopy

Reliable? I think the dispatch reliability is probably within 0.01% of any other type in the fleet but whatever.

I think the reason is that it pays a bit higher (after first year) than most planes new hires can pick, it might be the plane that gets someone the base they want fastest and, most importantly, it has very, very, very good looking glass. As silly as that sounds, it carries a lot of weight these days for some reason. Nevermind its the loudest and most cramped flight deck in the fleet, by a mile. There seems to be a LOT of angst about the round dial (OMG!) 88 and TBH that probably drives most of the bids away from it, even in cases where its the fastest ticket to the base someone wants and/or the fastest path to a line/etc.

It does have some very good trips. Some of the best in the domestic system. But, it also has some of the worst by far, and the seniority to get only the good while avoiding the bad is likely not going to happen for very many new hires for years.

But its all about dat glass, bout dat glass, bout dat glass; no dials!