Fly2kCovid
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Anyone whos flown both have a opinon on either? I haven't but always hear the 737 is more of a pilots plane but cramped and the airbus is like a pilots office but roomy.
Anyone whos flown both have a opinon on either? I haven't but always hear the 737 is more of a pilots plane but cramped and the airbus is like a pilots office but roomy.
Anyone whos flown both have a opinon on either? I haven't but always hear the 737 is more of a pilots plane but cramped and the airbus is like a pilots office but roomy.
Sure the 737 hand flies better but my god that overhead panel.
This complaint has never made any sense to me. Seriously, WTF cares about the overhead panel??? They're pretty much all the same.
The problem with the 737 is the amount of manual intervention required for systems that should be (and on many other airplanes are) automated.
-No automatic bus switching. After engine start you still manually put the airplane on the engine driven generators. During shutdown you have to manually put them on the APU generators.
-No automatic air management system. Same deal. After engine start, why isn't it smart enough to automatically deselect the APU bleed source and select the engine bleed? Why during engine starts do we manually open and close the isolation valve when the system should be smart enough to protect itself.
-No EICAS, but rather an antiquated recall system directing you to the Easter egg hunt for a light somewhere on the overhead, then requiring you to analyze the problem and choose the corrective action.
-No ice detector. Watch for ice on the windshield wiper nut.
-No automatic fuel balancing.
Etc... etc... the list goes on and on. From a human factors perspective the Max is a colossal disappointment - the flagship of Boeing's narrowbody line, with technology anchored in the early 1990s at best.
Ok... But none of that actually makes it more complicated to fly than nearly any other plane (except I assume FIFI since those pilots are the loudest complainers) or is anything I remotely care about. So again, back to my original post - I don't get the complaint.
Neither do a good number of Airbi, unless you count the little pecker thing in the middle of the windshield that you have to crane forward to look at as an ice detector.-No ice detector. Watch for ice on the windshield wiper nut.
Well yas see, when yar flying ands ya can't count your treasure on the fold out table, that's when it really gets complicated. Yar'sssssOk... But none of that actually makes it more complicated to fly than nearly any other plane (except I assume FIFI since those pilots are the loudest complainers) or is anything I remotely care about. So again, back to my original post - I don't get the complaint.
Ands I can't flips the switches with this hook of a hand i gots for stealing... YarssssWell yas see, when yar flying ands ya can't count your treasure on the fold out table, that's when it really gets complicated. Yar'sssss
Ok... But none of that actually makes it more complicated to fly than nearly any other plane (except I assume FIFI since those pilots are the loudest complainers) or is anything I remotely care about. So again, back to my original post - I don't get the complaint.
I flew the DC9 for two airlines. Even that old workhorse was eventually brought up to date with the 717.