Originally Posted by FangsF15

I don't fly the 717, so feel free to dismiss this. Putting aside the absoulte nastiness of common-use foam headsets (Ewww), I once had an opportunity to appreciate the difference from Bose PF2's and the ship set (Telex 750, I think). Long story why, but both the FO and I had to fly several legs with the ship set, immediately followed by a couple legs with Bose's on a 321 ('relatively' quiet). Holy cow, what a massive difference. The other pilot was much easier to hear with the Bose mic, no pop with every other breath into the ship set, etc. And the difference in how quiet the cockpiit was with the Bose was unmistakable. I could easily and clearly hear ATC (and the other pilot), but with the ship set I had to turn volumes waaaay up and still had trouble making out the radios.

You are about to enter a multi-million dollar career. Spend the $1000 bucks. It's worth every penny, IMO. And I guarantee your fellow pilots will appreciate it, especially if that fleet is using more and more hot-mic. FWIW, on the 320 fleet, literally almost no FO's use the ship set.