Another secret benefit of the 717 over the Airbus or 737 - absolutely zero redeyes. As a junior reserve or junior lineholder on the 73/bus you'll be seeing a lot of redeyes. And not just the ones where it's the last leg of the trip on day 4, but also mid-rotation redeyes with daytime rest and crazy-stupid body clock flipping. And aside from that all your flying on the 717 is going to be inside of 2 time zones max.