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01-08-2026 | 08:16 AM

#6131

GogglesPisano

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From: Sitting SC at the Five Towns

The screens in the 737NG's (and 767-400's) are straight from the 777. It's a fairly modern glass cockpit in that regard.

Just don't look too far up.

01-08-2026 | 08:34 AM

#6132

Meme In Command

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From: Blue Juice Taste Tester

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Originally Posted by notEnuf

Attention children of the magenta line: every 737 has glass, a hud, a VSD and RNAV/VNAV. That is all.

It's less Children of the Magenta, and more Tray table Toddlers: we've all embraced the avionics revolution. Now there's no need for a modern airliner cockpit be cramped, noisy, uncomfortable and lack creature comforts.

01-08-2026 | 08:34 AM

#6133

Avgeek7248

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From: Widget FO

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Originally Posted by leftapproved

ask anybody under 35 if they want to fly the 737. The younger generation has been hardwired to hate the 737, mostly due to learning in glass aircraft. Prediction: 737 will become junior as retirements continue and younger pilots are hired.

the NG and max are both glass airplanes. I flew it. Nobody is scared of it they just don’t want to be doing added work or sitting in an incredibly cramped and loud flightdeck for hours at a time with rubber bands over the pedestal. Most of us flew RJ’s/Tprops w/ less automation. I never understood the die hard defending of that airplane. ER I understood the cult. The guppy not so much.

01-08-2026 | 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Avgeek7248

I never understood the die hard defending of that airplane. ER I understood the cult. The guppy not so much.

They can have it! More seats of culture and class for the rest of us. *Sips tea from a porcelain cup while nibbling on a croissant at a tray table*

01-08-2026 | 09:13 AM

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It's the APU thread and New Hire thread crossover we always needed!

01-08-2026 | 10:31 AM

#6136

CommandEh

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Adding some info, I was a week of Oct 20 interviewee and just got my email for a class date for March 3!

01-08-2026 | 12:15 PM

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I flew the 737 previously at another carrier and now on the 220 here. I’d much rather fly the 73 but I make more money on the 220. I’m firmly in the under 35 category.

01-08-2026 | 12:22 PM

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I flew the 737 previously at another carrier and now on the 220 here. I’d much rather fly the 73 but I make more money on the 220. I’m firmly in the under 35 category.

More premium opportunities?

01-08-2026 | 12:50 PM

#6139

iLikeMoose

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Hey, we dont need the rubber bands on the 737 anymore!

01-08-2026 | 12:51 PM

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Hotel Kilo

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Originally Posted by FangsF15

... and an overhead panel designed in 1960. Just saying

*said by someone who flew the MD-88, with an overhead panel (and center console, and bleed system, and compass mirror) designed at the same time.

Loved my time on the Dog. And you def needed both hands to start those JT8's. Fangs, you didn't like the cable connected bleed levers? What about the ole dial-a-flap? I loved the old DC-3 era knob levers on it too. A very cool airplane and had features on it back in the day not many airliners had.

I miss the smoke and noise when those things were taking off. Yes, waxing nostalgic here. Plenty of things to hate about that airplane (steel brakes, bucket reversers etc) but it was a pilots airplane and it never let me down.