Originally Posted by
nebpor
Any modern 737. The cabin feels tiny, they have put far too many seats in them and as a result they are very cramped - i'm 5"10', not a giant (and not that fat). A320 is a breath of fresh air in comparison, even ones where they have shoved as many rows in as they could get away with!
Likewise, I really don't like the B737 - and I had the misfortune to be type rated on the Classic and flew them.
Small, cramped, basic, and very old. The systems are limited and archaic, the automatics are only partially automatic, the cockpit is very cramped, and terrible. They are laid out for a Captain and a secretary, rather than two fully qualified pilots. Do the main doors still have the loose girt bar that has to be manually placed into clips to arm the door ?
The A320 family: the cockpit, instruments and layout, aircraft, automatics, systems etc are an order of magnitude better.
Someone mentioned the ATR. From a technical point of view; a nice aircraft, but from a passenger point of view: if you had to get out of one in a hurry, I can't see how it would be possible - you would even be hard pressed to climb over the top of the seats there is so little space. Shudder...........
Again from a pilot's point of view: all aircraft with only a tiller on the Captain's side. Why ?? If you trust a first officer to land at 130kts at night in turbulence and crosswind, and take over, descend and land solo if the Captain becomes incapacitated; why don't you trust them to taxy along the ground very slowly following a painted line or line of green lights ?
Because of this stupid policy, the very first commercial aircraft I taxied onto stand, was an A330 - a very large and heavy aircraft for your first time threading that needle.