Originally Posted by
Aquaticus
There are a handful of airbus new hire class instructors telling the horrors of the 73. You can complain all you want about the guppy in Aruba while they get a tray table doing Fargo turns talking about maybe getting short Europe three days at min guarantee “next year.” Guppy people have a tan and have seen a flamingo while at work. The airbus people are taking photos of a flamingo in Vegas.
Either one is awesome but the airbus people get excited about Epcot to visit Canada.
Originally Posted by
SoFloFlyer
Convinced that the Airbus fleet at UA is a cult haha A bunch of dudes scuffing at the 737 while they’re on their 3rd or 4th leg on the way to their horrendous layovers haha
Certainly the 737 has a wider selection of flying but the constant touting of amazing layovers is just crap. I see the 73 in OMA, BOI, FSD, etc... The only people getting the "flamingo views" on their layovers are the top 10% or so. For a new-hire bidding in indoc, the layovers will be pretty much the same on either fleet until seniority builds.
Having flown multiple stints on both types (3 on the 737 and 2 on the 320), the 320 is by far much more comfortable. Sure, you might only be flying one leg a day on the 737 but who wants to sit in that thing for 7 hours from EWR to LAX? (I've done it and it sucks.)