Originally Posted by Herkflyr

I flew the 88 15 years ago and did not enjoy it due to the captains and the training center (in the sim one day the instructor insists I use raw data for a holding pattern; OK I flew steam gauges a long time, not a problem; the very next sim another instructor yells at me for not using the FMS; this nonsense was the norm).

Apparently not much has changed and the toxic culture that is the 88 remains. That is why I am on the 717 and I think my FOs enjoy working with me. Yes we run the APU until ground air is hooked up... Yes we will start both on pushback if it looks like a short taxi... NO I don't gnash my teeth if after starting both gnd ctrl puts five aircraft in front of us and we taxi 2 eng for 7 minutes.

The 717 no doubt has its 2%ers as well but I like to think that I am part of a positive vibe and "culture." I rarely felt that way on the 88...maybe that's why I spent more than a dozen years on the 757.