Originally Posted by
180ToAJ
How does the 757 get an A when it has all the stuff you downgraded the older 320 for minus the fans?
I still don’t get the love affair for the 757. The 757 is a Frankenstein fleet with multiple variants/layouts over years of different purchases. It’s our last fleet with manual set speed bugs and don’t forget to hit VNAV again after intermediate level offs. The 757 is like the MD-88’s big brother that scored 4 touchdowns in one game to win the city championships for Polk High. People remember what it did decades ago and kind of look past the fact that it’s selling shoes at the mall now. The 88 dropped out of high school and went straight to working at the mall, but it never pretended to be anything better. The 757 is a great plane at its core, but it’s showing it’s age. It doesn’t live up to the hype anymore.
Of course it is all opinion, but you could fly it ATL-MCO, or ATL-UIO. Fly out of GUA, BOG or EGE no problem. Throw in the common type with the 767, and you have all sorts of impressive opportunities.
It is loud I admit. I suppose guys wax poetic about it because three decades from it's design both Boeing and Airbus are building infinite retreads of mid-80s designs. And that usable 2L door really is nice, especially when I look at a 321 2L door that is for emergency use only.