Originally Posted by
GogglesPisano
737:
Pros:
+ Fun to handfly, Boeing engineers believed in hydraulics, Douglas engineers thought is was witchcraft.
+ Very few MEL's. (Highest dispatch rate at Delta right now.)
+ 777 screens with excellent external SA.
+ Can cool down a cabin in August in no time, nothing like ice crystal icing -- in the flight deck on the hottest day of the year.
+ Hands down the best narrowbody bid packages.
Cons:
- OMG, I have to flip a few more switches on the overhead. I have to look for lights to see what's wrong. How will I recover from the trauma? -- I know, on a beach on a 24-hr all inclusive.
You must be trying to get guys to bid off the bus
The plane has some good traits but let’s be honest about the @“itty ones.
I’ll add a few cons:
The recall system…doesn’t work correctly more than half of the time. Absolutely a 1960’s design.
Loud…but correctable with a $1000.00 headset
Frost on the top of the wing…yes we need sprayed when no one else does.
Climate control is garbage unless it’s working correctly, which has been better lately…Tec Ops maybe.
900 needs more landing techniques compared with any other aircraft I’ve flown..you would rather fly 10 fast than 1 knot slow. Maybe that’s why we get a report with all aspects of available data for every takeoff and landing.
Forward galley is smaller than a regional jet.
Flight deck is smaller than a regional jet for that matter.
FO need to store bag in forward closet, where FAs stack their stuff on yours. In a 900 FO needs to swim upstream to mid cabin order to retrieve bag.
Toilet seat won’t stay up…saw someone write that up the other day! Must be their “thing” but made me laugh.
Every one of these is compared to other aircraft in general. When compared directly to a 320, the list could be much larger.