Originally Posted by
Boatbuilder
A senior captain's opinion here. I love the jet. For me the perfect level of automation. Great displays. It could easily do 230 to the marker and still make a stable approach. You'll leave the busiest airport in the nation and an hour later conduct a RNAV approach to a tower closed field, to me the variety is a plus.
I don't like big cities, long days or all nighters. Layovers are Captitols, campuses, camps, burgs and vills. If you commute lots of 5 days that sign in late and end early.
Boarding and deplaning is quick, and at the end of the day after you turn the battery switch off you're in the van in 2 minutes.
As widebody AEs become theoretically possible, I have to say that this is what pulls at my heartstrings.
"Monitoring" an autopilot for 8-12 hours and disrupting circadian rhythms just to say "I had an overnight in (European city XYZ)" loses its charm after actually doing it for a few years.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
The 717 is perfection.
Tour de Ville.