Flying B737-800 and -200 together?
I noted with interest the comments about mixed fleet flying on th Airbus 32/33 series.
Our company operates a fleet of B737-200 Advanced and have just placed an order for B737-800's. They want us to fly BOTH a/c concurrently and operate them as a common fleet.
The EFIS on the -800 has been "dummed down", from the PFD/ND to an EFIS/MAP display(which depicts round, analogue primary flight instruments and a map display on EFIS).
The feedback from those who have alredy completed the differences course in Seattle is mixed and I reserve my opinion until I have 'got the T-shirt'.
Many of you out there in Europe and the USA have obviously either been through this exercise, or currently have experience about this.
Is it possible, plausible and, ultimately, safe to operate these to a/c as one fleet?