Originally Posted by
NoValueAviator
The 145 is an ok airplane, mx does a great job here so you’re usually not getting stung by the 20 yo birds falling apart until you get a bad GPU.
The problems with it are the short legs (easily 3x as much work to fly as the 175 for the same hours), 10x as long on reserve, and Dallas is much more senior on the FO side.
10x long on reserve? Come on now, reserve for the 175 in ORD is at least a few months, so you are telling me that reserve in ORD on the 145 is over three years? Dont think so. If DFW is senior, transfer out to a more junior base until you can hold a line in DFW.
The 175 has lots of short legs, I would argue it is more common to have 1 hour legs than it is the cherry 3 hour ones. Granted, the 175 is more user friendly in terms of checklists and such, so there is that.