Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I doubt anyone who's flown multiple tranport types really "likes" the 737.
737 is most tolerable if you've never flown the A320... don't know what you're missing.
I don't think I'd give up any money to fly the bus, but I'd sure give up some schedule goodness.
the hate for the 737 is way overblown, imo. It’s….fine. Whatever. It’s not like I love it, but it has more people to trade with, you basically have to only cover EWR (as opposed to the Airbus peeps who are back and forth to LGA all the time; especially on reserve). It’s a tank of an airplane. I can count on one hand how many maintenance issues I’ve had in the past two years.
I’ve also met more than one commuter who has bid off the Bus because they said the trips weren’t commutable on either end (so a 4 day is basically a 6 day commute). I don’t have any firsthand experience with that, but that’s their reasoning. I’m also not exactly sure what base they were referencing, so maybe EWR is fine on that part.
the truth is, the 737 has more people, more planes, more trips to choose from in open time, and more base options, if you ever desire to go to MCO, LAS, GUM, or CLE.
If we used our Airbus like some other airlines, I’d say pick that; but we don’t.