737 vs 320 for New Hire
01-09-2019, 02:23 PM
#142
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I guess you get to define what sucks. Wah wah. Small...OMG, how big are you? Nevermind. Loud...OMG, invest in a good headset, duh. Poor HVAC, OMG, not if you know how to run things. No tray table or side stick...seriously???? Yeah, says you of the airbore cult.
01-09-2019, 03:00 PM
#144
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Decaf may be in order!!
I was just jiving. Thats fine if people want to say a jet sucks because of some minor inconveniences. Me, I have loved every plane I have ever flown. None of them were perfect. I guess my love of flying outweighs my sense of complaining and namecalling aircraft. Especially ones that have gotten me on deck safely 100% of the time. Loudness, small cockpit, no tray table or sidestick, etc, these things dont define a jet as "sucking" in my opinion. Airline flying is the easiest job I have ever had. I love it. I love the 73. I have no problem going into combat each day with that damn box on my descent. I take it as a challenge and love the match. I feel good in a tight cockpit. I can put my legs up. I can recline the seat. All is good. I got me a good headset, no more loud cockpit. Pretty easy stuff. And when I move the yoke left, airplane rolls left. Pull back, airplanes nose picks up. Amazing. The ole horse has brought me home every single time. No complaints.
I was just jiving. Thats fine if people want to say a jet sucks because of some minor inconveniences. Me, I have loved every plane I have ever flown. None of them were perfect. I guess my love of flying outweighs my sense of complaining and namecalling aircraft. Especially ones that have gotten me on deck safely 100% of the time. Loudness, small cockpit, no tray table or sidestick, etc, these things dont define a jet as "sucking" in my opinion. Airline flying is the easiest job I have ever had. I love it. I love the 73. I have no problem going into combat each day with that damn box on my descent. I take it as a challenge and love the match. I feel good in a tight cockpit. I can put my legs up. I can recline the seat. All is good. I got me a good headset, no more loud cockpit. Pretty easy stuff. And when I move the yoke left, airplane rolls left. Pull back, airplanes nose picks up. Amazing. The ole horse has brought me home every single time. No complaints.
01-09-2019, 04:00 PM
#147
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Ouch. The ole "you sound like a real peach of a guy" response. I'm hurt. Course there is always that guy who has to throw out that response. And he is usually a pretty insecure type, but I digress.
We can do this all day or you or your butt buddy can explain what exactly sucks about the 737. If you cant, then I will continue to believe you are just wimps who somehow got their ass kicked by the 73. I get sick of people who supposedly love to fly indicting a perfectly fine airplane with "it sucks". And dont come with "its noisy". BFD. A nice headset cures that. BTW, military fighters are noisy but I dont categorize them as "sucking".
We can do this all day or you or your butt buddy can explain what exactly sucks about the 737. If you cant, then I will continue to believe you are just wimps who somehow got their ass kicked by the 73. I get sick of people who supposedly love to fly indicting a perfectly fine airplane with "it sucks". And dont come with "its noisy". BFD. A nice headset cures that. BTW, military fighters are noisy but I dont categorize them as "sucking".
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01-09-2019, 04:15 PM
#148
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Fine. Maybe some folks just adapt better than others. I don't find anything wrong with the basic design of the cockpit. Allows me to easily do everything i desire/need to do. Still not sure what exactly is so bad. I can reach everything. I can fly it and land it. What am i missing?
01-09-2019, 05:17 PM
#149
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01-09-2019, 06:28 PM
#150
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Position: MD-11 FO
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Yeah, the Block 1 airplanes are loud, but the newer ones aren't that bad. Tons of Airbus guys talk about noise cancelling headsets, too.
HVAC may have sucked in the -300s (or -200s or any classic), but I think it's great in the -800. Occasionally, you have to run the packs off the APU on the ground in the summer, but I normally stay comfy in it.
No tray table? Meh.
No side stick? GREAT! I enjoy having a tactile feel of what the airplane is doing.
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