I’m relatively tall and relatively new but enjoy the 73 quite a bit. It’s a lot of fun to fly and easy to land. I like having a force feedback yoke as opposed to the airbus stick. I guess I understand the hate for the 73 but don’t feel the same way. Getting in and out of the control seat requires some unpleasant body contortion but once sitting, it’s not uncomfortable. It’s not that much louder than an RJ flight deck and it is more roomy so that was a step up for me, though as others have said that second jumpseat is certainly one of Dante’s circles of hell.

The Airbus is more comfortable but there are so many other advantages to the 73 here (seniority, leg length, fleet size, overnights) that it’s worth considering. Note there are a lot of west coast redeyes on the 73. I have seen the bus do some but it seems the majority of them are on tbe 73.