Originally Posted by
rcfd13
Who cares what plane you fly? .
After spending yesterday in the most beat-up POS -200 you've ever seen, with no ACARS, a deferred single-point refueling system, an FO seat that basically refused to move, a left pack that wouldn't, a cockpit that hadn't been cleaned since it left the factory floor, some 35,000 hours on the airframe, an interior that looked like dudes had been living in it since the mid-80s, and a pair of engines that looked like they'd just come from the boneyard (with associated VIB readings)...
...sometimes I think a nice, new, MEL-free, clean, spacious, and (dare I say it) shiny 175 would be rather enjoyable.