Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Even a common type with differences doesn't guarantee that an airline will be allowed by it's CMO to operate a single fleet, and not all airlines would necessarily want to. Even the CRJ 200 and 700/900 were operated as separate fleets by some airlines, even though it's all one type rating
At USAir they split the 737-200 pilots from the 300/400 pilots for that reason.
Here, supposedly the feds didn’t want us to fly both the -300 and the Max.
What did they do at AirTran when they flew both the DC9 and the 717? That’s the same type isn’t it?